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Day: April 5, 2022

Bulgaria 

Bansko Mountain Madness: Bikini and fancy dress season-end party on April 10

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Lance Nelson tourism

Bansko’s 2021/22 ski season ends on April 10. And to celebrate the best ski season Bansko has ever known, there

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Bulgaria 

US approval in principle for proposed sale of more F-16s to Bulgaria

April 5, 2022April 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The US State Department has approved a possible sale to Bulgaria of F-16 C/D Block 70 fighter jets and related

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Europe 

After Bucha, EC proposes fifth package of sanctions against Russia

April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) proposed on April 5 a fifth package of sanctions against Russia, including an import ban on

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Europe 

Nato chief: Moscow is not giving up its ambitions in Ukraine

April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Moscow is not giving up its ambitions in Ukraine, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference on April

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 70% of Bulgarian Jews see hate speech as a problem in Bulgaria

April 5, 2022April 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Seventy per cent of Bulgarian Jews polled by Alpha Research see hate speech as a problem in Bulgaria, compared with

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament fines Bulgarian MEP over stiff-armed salute

April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

Bulgarian far-right MEP Angel Dzhambazki, a co-leader of the VMRO party and a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 40 deaths, 1180 new cases registered

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 40 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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