Picture: Focus Information Agency Sofia. Increased migration pressure seems the biggest challenge for the European Union and requires the EU member states to join efforts for reaching a general political decision. That is what Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said after a meeting with State Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Transport of the German State of Bavaria Free State Joachim Herrmann. Minister Joachim Herrmann is on two-day visit to Bulgaria Read more [...]

Picture: Focus Information Agency Sofia. Bavarian Minister of the Interior for Building and Transport Joachim Herrmann is paying a two-day visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration and Minister of Interior Rumiana Bachvarova. In the frames Read more [...]

Picture: Focus Information Agency Sofia. Bavarian Minister of the Interior for Building and Transport Joachim Herrmann is paying a two-day visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration and Minister of Interior Rumiana Bachvarova. In the frames Read more [...]

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German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has called for a European “coalition of the willing” to tackle the continent’s migration crisis – rather than wait for EU members states to agree on a burden-sharing agreement. A day after Austria capped asylum applications, to cheers in neighbouring Bavaria, irritated Berlin officials expressed doubt that the measure would work. “It’s not been made sufficiently clear to me how this will be implemented Read more [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to round up support for his plans to host a high-level summit on refugees at the United Nations later this year.The White House says Obama discussed his plans Thursday in a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.The summit is slated to be held during the September meeting of the U.N. General Assembly.The White House says Obama praised Merkel's leadership on the Syrian refugee crisis and discussed plans to ask more countries Read more [...]

Picture: Focus Information Agency Sofia. Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova met with State Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Transport of the German State of Bavaria Free State Joachim Herrmann, the press centre of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works announced. Minister Pavlova informed the Bavarian Foreign Minister about the priorities of the Bulgarian government in the field of transport infrastructure Read more [...]

Picture: Focus Information Agency Sofia. Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova met with State Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Transport of the German State of Bavaria Free State Joachim Herrmann, the press centre of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works announced. Minister Pavlova informed the Bavarian Foreign Minister about the priorities of the Bulgarian government in the field of transport infrastructure Read more [...]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the minister, the Bavarian authorities are entitled to seize any cash and property belonging to migrants in excess of 750 euros (some $820). "The practice in Bavaria and the federal regulations in asylum law essentially correspond with the procedure in Switzerland," Herrmann told the German Bild newspaper. In the neighboring Baden-Wurttemberg state, police can confiscate cash and valuables worth over 350 euros, the media outlet reported. In Switzerland, Read more [...]

German media reported on Thursday that Bavaria, joining Denmark and Switzerland, has begun confiscating valuables from newly-arrived refugees. "Asylum applicants are searched on arrival at the reception centers for documents, valuables, and money," state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told Thursday's edition of the "Bild" newspaper. "Cash and valuables may be confiscated if they are worth more than 750 euros [$820] and there is a state claim for reimbursement against the person, or one is Read more [...]