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Day: March 28, 2022

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Six former defence ministers call for Bulgaria to supply arms to Ukraine

March 28, 2022March 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Six former Bulgarian defence ministers have called for the country to join other EU and Nato states in efforts to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy investigates after new report of sea mine

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Navy is sending a helicopter to investigate after a Turkish vessel reported a sea mine about 37 nautical miles

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Bulgaria 

Call for EU countries to cancel investment-based residence permits, citizenship, of sanctioned Russians and Belarusians

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) has called on EU countries to immediately scrap any “golden passport” citizenship-by-investment schemes and to withdraw

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Bulgaria 

EC: Bulgaria had second-highest road fatality rate in EU in 2021

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

For the fourth consecutive year, Bulgaria had the second-highest road fatality rate in the European Union, according to figures for

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Bulgaria 

Hourly labour costs in Bulgaria: Highest increase, but still lowest in EU

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the highest increase in the European Union in hourly labour costs in 2021, by 9.1 per cent, but

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Bulgaria 

Turkish defence ministry: Sea mine found near Bulgarian border

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

A sea mine was found in waters off Iğneada, close to the Bulgarian border, in the early hours of March

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 8 deaths, 362 new cases registered

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, bringing the country’s

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