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Year: 2022

Bulgaria 

Russian ambassador will not be invited to opening of Bulgaria’s new Parliament

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova and the chargé d’affaires of the embassy of Belarus Nikita Leshukov will not be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among Nato countries in move to boost European air defence capabilities

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Defence ministers from 14 Nato Allies, among them Bulgaria, and Finland came together in Brussels on October 13 to sign

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Europe 

EU countries agree temporary waiver from slot rules at EU airports

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

To ensure that the European Union properly responds to the current situation in the field of air transport, EU countries

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister’s latest extension of anti-Covid measures

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the latest time in several consecutive weeks, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Assen Medjidiev has issued an order regarding anti-epidemic

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Europe 

Bulgaria among majority of UN countries rejecting Putin’s ‘annexation’ of four regions of Ukraine

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria was among 143 member states of the United Nations supporting a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly rejecting

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Bulgaria 

Row over invitation to Russian ambassador to attend opening of Bulgaria’s new Parliament

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Controversy has erupted over whether the Russian ambassador in Sofia, Elonora Mitrofanova, should be invited to attend the first sitting

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Europe 

Further 550M euro from the EIB Group backed by EU guarantee reaches Ukraine

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s bank, has this week disbursed the second tranche of the immediate assistance

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria warned of serious winter flu wave

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Health authorities in Bulgaria expect a more serious wave of influenza this winter, both because of the decline in immunity

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Europe 

EU ambassadors take stance on non-acceptance of Russian passports issued in Ukraine, Georgia

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union ambassadors agreed on October 12 on a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on a decision on

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