Bulgaria closes its busy border crossing with Turkey that is known for notorious human trafficking activities.

A new report sponsored by the British charity Oxfam accuses the Bulgarian authorities of exercising brutality toward migrants.

Bulgarian police find nearly 130 refugees are found in a refrigerated truck on the Turkish border.

Leader of three Balkan states vow to shut borders if EU neighbors refuse to accept refugees.

A refugee has been shot by border guards in Bulgaria, and has succumbed to his wounds, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry says.

Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church has called on the government NOT to let any Muslim refugees cross the country's borders. The Holy Synod said in a statement that accepting Muslim asylum seekers threatens Christianity and changes the ethnic balance in the country. It added that the flow of refugees puts the existence of Bulgaria at risk as a state. According to Sofia’s Ministry of Interior, Muslims constitute nearly 13 percent of the country’s population. Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, most of them fleeing war and hardship in the Middle East and North Africa, have tried to seek refuge in European countries. Kevin Barrett Editor, Veterans Today

Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church urges the government not to let Muslim refugees into the country.

The UN chief voices alarm over the deteriorating situation of violence-stricken refugees arriving in Europe.

Thousands of asylum seekers cross into Austria from Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia as the refugee crisis continues to worsen on the continent.

Bulgaria starts mobilizing 1,000 forces to its border with Turkey to stop refugees from trespassing.