Somehow, they were left behind. Humanitarian groups claim Bulgarian authorities ignored emergency calls, leaving the boys to die. Police deny the allegations. RFE/RL has investigated the case.

Bulgaria and Romania have officially been welcomed into Europe’s border-free zone, becoming full members of the Schengen Area this week. The two countries were fully integrated into the Schengen ...

“She was about to die. It took six hours last time we dug a grave for one of the Syrian refugees we found in the forest. Should we have just started digging?” Tomas asked, desperately ...

With Bulgaria's full integration into the Schengen Area, citizens now have the ability to travel freely to neighboring Greece and Romania, bypassing traditional border crossings.This change opens ...

The joint deployment of an additional 100 border police officers from four countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria ...

A joint contingent of border security officers from Bulgaria, Austria, Romania, and Hungary will officially begin operations ...

Seventeen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, they have been given the green light to become members of its border-free Schengen travel zone. The decision by fellow EU ...

What's it like to search for illegal migrants on the Turkey-Bulgaria border?What's it like to search for illegal migrants on the Turkey-Bulgaria border?

Tomas and I were providing health services to refugees and asylum seekers in Harmanli, a small Bulgarian town near the Bulgaria-Turkiye border. Medical care was supposed to be provided by a large ...