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Day: June 13, 2022

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Recriminations fly as ITN quits government, and some quit ITN

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Recriminations, insults, mutual allegations of being mobsters and a threat of court action were the order of the day on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM on Trifonov’s party: Mafia just lost its coalition partner

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The co-leaders of the We Continue the Change party, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Deputy PM and Finance Minister Assen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Outgoing Cabinet minister, group of MPs quit Trifonov’s ITN party

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Outgoing Sports Minister Radostin Vassilev and five members of Parliament told a news conference on June 13 that they were

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Bulgaria 

Drama over claims of ITN MPs defecting to back Bulgaria’s ruling WCC

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

The political melodrama following the departure of Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party from Bulgaria’s ruling coalition took another turn on June

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Bulgaria 

Long goodbye for four ITN ministers quitting Bulgaria’s government

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

All four Cabinet ministers from Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party have now tendered their resignations, but they could remain in office

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia municipality in court action against passport for child of same-sex couple

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Sofia municipality has filed a cassation appeal in the Sofia Administrative Court against being required to issue the birth certificate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – April 2022 up 33.6% y/y

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – April 2022, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to more than 28.7 billion

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 33 deaths in past week

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 33 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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