Statelessness

European Court Fines Serbia for Police Beating of Cannabis Suspect

The European Court of Human Rights ruled in a decision published on Tuesday that Serbian citizen Aleksandar Zlicic was subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment at a police station in the city of Novi Sad after he and his friend were arrested in 2014 for allegedly possessing cannabis.

IntMin Vela: Entrance to Romania of foreign citizens and stateless, forbidden

Interior Minister Marcel Vela in a press statement on Saturday said that the entrance on Romania's territory, through the state border crossing points, of foreign citizens and stateless persons, except for the situation in which they transit Romania's territory, on transit corridors, organised through agreements with the foreign states, will be forbidden.

Bulgaria and Norway Will Work on Joint Projects in the Western Balkans

I am confident that today's visit will boost economic relations, first of all, as at the political level we have no open bilateral issues and have always been countries of the same mind when it comes to international issues, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said at a plenary meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, Ine Soreide, Focus N

Number of Migrants Seeking Protection in Bulgaria Dropped Further in December

The number of migrants seeking protection from Bulgaria dipped to 815 people in December of last year, nearly half the figure of the previous month, recent data shows.

As many as 1755 people took the step in November, according to data from the State Agency for Refugees.

In December, the applicants were from 17 different countries, but also included stateless persons.

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