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EC proposes prohibiting flavoured heated tobacco products

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

The European Commission (EC) said on June 29 that it was proposing to prohibit the sale of flavoured heated tobacco products in

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Business 

Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria as slightly improved

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found managers seeing the business climate in Bulgaria as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President reserved in comments on expulsion of Russian diplomats

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev told reporters in Madrid that he hoped that Prime Minister Kiril Petkov would have carefully considered

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Bulgaria 

Sharp exchanges over Bulgaria’s expulsion of Russian diplomats

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

There were sharp exchanges in Bulgaria’s National Assembly on June 29 as parliamentary groups reacted to the announcement on Tuesday

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry slams Russian embassy’s fundraiser for soldiers

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has described a fundraising initiative for Russia’s military, posted on the Facebook page of the Russian embassy

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Half of Bulgarians want a new government, without fresh elections

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov

By a very narrow margin, more than half of Bulgarians would prefer to see a new government elected without Parliament

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Perspectives 

Russia shuts 3 consulates in Bulgaria after 70 ‘diplomats’ ordered expelled

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Russia, Ukraine

Irked by Bulgaria’s expulsion of 70 of its “diplomats” that Bulgaria has said were working as spies, Russia on June

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World 

Türkiye unblocks way towards Finnish and Swedish Nato membership

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye – the new official name of Turkey, President Sauli Niinistö of Finland and Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomats

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria is expelling 70 Russian diplomats who worked against Bulgaria’s interests, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told journalists on June 28,

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