Bulgarian Turks

Bulgaria has decided to deploy military personnel to its borders with Turkey in an effort to stem the flow of incoming refugees and migrants into the country. The plan provides for the movement of approximately 1,000 soldiers to the Bulgarian-Turkish border line. The decision was reached following the attempt of 660 refugees to enter Bulgarian territory over the past week alone.

The court in the Bulgarian city of Haskovo ordered on Tuesday the extradition of a suspected Islamic State (IS) affiliate to Germany.

The 21-year-old Moroccan, who holds a German passport, was detained at the Lesovo border checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Turkish frontier with fake documents on Monday.

The State Agency for Refugees assured that it has readiness to deal with the increasing migratory pressure towards Bulgaria.

This was announced by its chairperson Nikola Kazakov, who said on Tuesday that if the need arises the agency could increase its capacity for accommodation.

The former Foreign Minister and future ambassador to Turkey Nadezhda Neynsky said that she is to seek new basis of bilateral relations and will champion the Bulgarian national interests.

Neynsky did not want to make concrete statements as she was still to hold many conversations before her departure to Turkey, she said in an interview for private bTV station on Friday.

Bulgarian Border Police registered a triple increase in the number of illegal migrant crossings of the border with Turkey in the first three months of 2015.

A total of 956 people were detained as they attempted to cross the border illegally, which is almost a triple increase compared to the same period in 2014.

A French national has been detained Monday at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point on suspicion of terrorism, according to the press office of Bulgaria's prosecuting authority.

The fact that a EU and NATO member state could be subject to a terror attack such as the one in French weekly Charlie Hebdo's offices means there is also terror risk for Bulgaria, an official has said.

As many as 12 people died and 10 were injured in the attack.

People who committed oppression and persecution against Bulgaria's Turks and Muslims during the pre-1990 communist regime remain unpunished, even a quarter of a century on, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

Bulgaria marks on Sunday the 25thanniversary of a historical protest against the then ruling Communist regime.

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Forest guards discovered the dead body of an immigrant near the Bulgarian-Turkish border in the Malko Tarnovo region, reports the Burgas police.

The body of the unidentified man was found near the river Mladezhka in the Strandzha mountain, not far away from the village of Zvezdets.