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Day: March 2, 2022

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Rumours on social networks trigger large queues at fuel stations in Bulgaria

March 2, 2022March 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Rumours spread on social networks about a sharp rise in fuel prices and supply problems triggered large queues at fuel

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Bulgaria 

EU assures Moldova of full support, while EC and UN refugee agency chiefs head to Romania

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, visiting Chisinau on March 2, said that he had conveyed to Moldovan President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria authorises flight to repatriate Russian citizens

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria has authorised what was described in an official Transport Ministry statement as a “humanitarian” flight to repatriate Russian citizens,

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry: So far more than 1000 Bulgarians evacuated from Ukraine

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

So far, more than 1000 Bulgarians have been evacuated from Ukraine, Foreign Ministry permanent secretary Ivan Kondov told a parliamentary

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Europe 

EU adds 22 high-ranking Belarus military to sanctions list

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Belarus, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the EU decided on March 2 to impose targeted restrictive measures on 22 high-ranking members of Belarusian military

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Justice Minister asks SJC to dismiss Geshev as Prosecutor-General

March 2, 2022March 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova said on March 2 that she has submitted a formal request for the Supreme Judicial

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Bulgaria 

Head of Nato Land Command visiting Bulgaria

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The commander of Nato’s Allied Land Command, Lieutenant General Roger Cloutier, is visiting Bulgaria, according to a Bulgarian Defence Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expels two Russian diplomats for spying

March 2, 2022March 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Two Russian diplomats have been given 48 hours to leave Bulgaria, following investigations into espionage, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: More than 13 500 Ukrainians crossed the border from Romania

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Between February 24 and March 2, more than 13 500 Ukrainians citizens crossed into Bulgaria from Romania, the Interior Ministry

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