The interim government has approved BGN 6.7 mln (EUR 3.4 mln) in humanitarian aid for hoteliers accommodating Ukrainian refugees. The approved funding will allow payments for a total of 300 applications from hotel owners who have..
“Bulgaria takes the best care of its refugees out of the entire EU… and from day one they were put up at hotels… it is just that the financing ran out,” caretaker Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov said at the end of last week in an interview..
34,000 places will be made available for Ukrainian refugees to be relocated from their hotels to state structures , interim Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev, who heads the National Headquarters for Refugees, said. State-owned homes along the Black..
The Bulgarian Council of Ministers has decided to extend the program for Ukrainian refugees in this country, which was due until October 31. This was announced at a briefing by the Minister of Interior, Ivan Demerdzhiev. Aid will continue to be..
Hotel owners in the seaside resort of Sunny Beach are ready for protests as there is no clarity on whether the humanitarian programme to accommodate Ukrainian refugees will be extended beyond 31 October. Krassimir Beloreshki's hotel accommodates 800..
Nearly 71% of the Bulgarians think that refugees should integrate better, while in 2017 about 20% of people were of this opinion, the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) reported. "The crisis in Ukraine has shown that better integration of refugees into..
The Ministry of Tourism will pay more than 2.6 million euro to hotel owners and people who have accommodated Ukrainian refugees, the caretaker government has decided. The aid is under the Humanitarian Programme for Accommodation of Ukrainian..
Refugees daily reside in Trekliansko, Kyustendil district, Western Bulgaria, on their way to Serbia. Most often they are spotted in the area of the villages of Gorni and Dolni Koriten, seeking the assistance of the local people. Until recently, they..
About 400 applications of students from Ukraine have been received in schools in Bulgaria’s Varna , Ivaylo Spasov, the UNICEF representative for Bulgaria, announced at a meeting with Ukrainian refugees in the Golden Sands resort. The..
“The sums the government owes hotel operators under the programme for accommodation and food for Ukrainian refugees have been budgeted for and will be paid out soon,” caretaker Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov said in Burgas. In his words, more..
