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Month: June 2022

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM to name new ministers ‘when we have a majority’

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on June 14 that the ruling coalition would nominate new Cabinet ministers, to replace

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Bulgaria 

Inadequate legal response to homophobic murder: Bulgarian law must change, European court says

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

The European Court of Human Rights, in a judgment on June 14, found against Bulgaria in the case of an

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Europe 

EU secures more than 109 000 doses of vaccines against monkeypox for member states

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission’s Health Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) has concluded a contract with the company Bavarian Nordic to purchase

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Leisure 

Plovdiv Jazz Summer 2022 coming in August

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv Jazz Summer 2022 is to be held from August 3 to 5 in the city, with a second part

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Leisure 

Eleventh Balkan Wine Festival opens in Bulgaria’s capital on June 16

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff wine

For the 11th year in a row, Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia will host an event that focuses on Balkan wines

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Europe 

EU poised to extend EU Digital Covid Certificate by a year

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have agreed on the extension by a year of the regulation

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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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