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Year: 2022

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Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria: Caretaker cabinet approves payments to hotels, railways

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet approved, at a meeting on November 9, payments to hoteliers and state railways BDZ in connection with

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Police in Bulgaria to sound sirens in honour of slain border policeman

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Interior Ministry employees are to sound sirens across Bulgaria at noon on November 9 in honour of Junior Inspector Petar

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Bulgaria Foreign Ministry in talks with Turkish ambassador after border policeman shot dead

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria’s deputy foreign minister Kostadin Kodzhabashev held talks on November 8 with Turkish ambassador Aylin Sekizkök at the Foreign Ministry

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Russia says it is sanctioning Bulgarian arms firms

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Russian government said on November 8 it was sanctioning legal entities from several countries, including a number of arms

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GERB, WCC agree on ‘expert’ groups to seek consensus on policies

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

While each has pledged not to support the other’s mandate to seek to form a government, the GERB-UDF coalition and

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Varna Science Festival being held from November 11 to 13

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Beautiful Science Foundation is organising the Varna Science Festival, being held from November 11 to 13 at the Festival

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BRC, UNHCR in ‘Winter Support’ campaign for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) and the UN High Commission for Refugees will provide by the end of the year

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Bulgarian military prosecutors charge colonel over death of MiG-29 pilot

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Military District Prosecutor’s Office in Sofia has laid criminal charges against a senior military officer in connection with the

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Bulgaria a step closer to first payment of 1.37B euro in EU recovery funds

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commission (EC) experts have assessed Bulgaria as ready to receive a first payment, amounting to 1.37 billion euro, under

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