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Month: May 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria condemns rocket attacks on Israel

May 12, 2021May 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgaria is watching with great concern the continuing serious escalation of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, which has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Central Election Commission line-up takes office

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

The new line-up of Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) will take office on May 12, after President Roumen Radev’s decree

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Bulgaria 

EC approves 75.9M euro in cohesion funds for Bulgaria

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on May 12 that it has approved the modification of operational programmes under the REACT-EU funding

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 35 748 jabs in past day

May 12, 2021May 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 35 748 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria on May 11. The May 12

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev names Stefan Yanev caretaker PM

May 11, 2021June 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has signed a decree dissolving the 45th National Assembly on May 12 and setting the date

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court strikes down special prosecutor position

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on May 11 that it ruled amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code, which envision the

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Bulgaria 

Jane Goodall at the Sofia Science Festival: Why I have hope for a better tomorrow

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

Conservationist Dr Jane Goodall will address the 2021 Sofia Science Festival on the topic “Why I have hope for a

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Bulgaria 

Shake-up in leadership echelon of Borissov’s GERB party

May 11, 2021May 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A May 11 national conference of outgoing Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party saw changes in the leadership echelon, with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian accommodation establishments’ revenue in March 2021 up by 16.6% y/y

May 11, 2021May 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Revenue from nights spent in accommodation establishments in Bulgaria in March 2021 was 24.6 million leva, an increase of 16.6

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