Boyko Borisov

During a meeting in Sofia on Friday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the leader of the Party of European Socialists (PES) Sergei Stanishev discussed the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe and the accession of Bulgaria to the Schengen Area.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has asked the European Commission to help normalize traffic through Greece's border with Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has nominated Irina Bokova, director of UNESCO, for the post of UN Secretary-General, the Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

"With her biography and experience, Ms Bokova can be one of the important candidates in the upcoming campaign for a Secretary-General of the UN," the ministry said.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov appointed Diyan Stamatov as Deputy Education Minister.

This was announced by the government's press service on Monday.

Having earned a degree in biology at Sofia University, Stamatov currently serves as a director and biology teacher at a school in Sofia.

Representatives of "the Turkish state" are applying pressure on ethnic Turks in Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov, former President (2002-2012) and leader of coalition ally ABV, has said.

The Bulgarian nomination for UN Secretary-General will be unveiled by the end of March.

This was by announced by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in London on Thursday where he is participating in the international conference "Supporting Syria and the Region".

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov met with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and US State Secretary John Kerry in London on Wednesday.

Borisov is in the British capital for participation in the international conference "Supporting Syria and the Region" on Thursday.

The Bulgarian parliament will decide on Wednesday whether to approve the the nomination of Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva as the country's new education minister.

As lawmakers are set to vote on the candidacy of Meglena Kuneva to become Bulgaria's next Education Minister, it is not clear how much support she will gain.

Kuneva was endorsed by junior coalition partner Reformist Bloc after Prime Minister Boyko Borisov asked her successor, Todor Tanev, to resign amid controversy that a draft school curriculum sparked in society.

A Ukrainian national has been detained in Bulgaria who the prosecution believes to have masterminded the attack against former security agent Alexei Petrov, the Bulgarian National Television has said.

Interior Ministry sources cited by other media outlets suggest several Ukrainians have been arrested as well in relation to the case, but the number is not specified.