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Year: 2022

Europe 

EU disburses 600M euro macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, disbursed 600 million euro in Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Ukraine on May

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Bulgaria 

CoE urges Bulgaria to improve protection from violence against women, domestic violence

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

In a letter addressed to Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova, Council of Europe Commissioner for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s life expectancy in 2019 – 2021 dropped by a year

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria, calculated for the period 2019 – 2021, is 73.6 years, down by a year

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria wants Covid vaccines ‘in quantities tailored to needs’

May 19, 2022May 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has written to the European Commission informing it of its desire to receive quantities of vaccines against

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Europe 

UN report: War in Ukraine to weigh heavily on Europe’s economies, fuelling inflation

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Growth forecasts for the United States, European Union and China have been revised downward, with the EU registering the most

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ordered 1310 non-EU citizens to leave in 2021

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria ordered 1310 nationals of non-EU countries to leave the country in 2021, according to figures published on May 19

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Bulgaria 

EC advances three infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on May 19 that it was advancing the infringement proceedings against Bulgaria in three existing cases

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Bulgarian project wins Natura 2000 Communication Award

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian communication campaign “Natura 2000 in Bulgaria: new horizons”, implemented by the Green Balkans NGO, has won the Natura 2000

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Europe 

MEPs approve suspension of EU duties on all Ukrainian exports

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Parliament voted on May 19 to approve a one-year suspension of EU import duties on all Ukrainian exports,

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