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Month: August 2022

Europe 

EU foreign ministers agree full suspension of EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union foreign ministers have agreed on the full suspension of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement, meaning that there will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opens new consulates in Scotland, Germany, France

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government agreed on August 31 to open a consulate in Edinburgh, a government media statement said. The consulate

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Bulgaria 

ECHR: Bulgarian insolvent bank CCB was denied right to fair trial

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), which collapsed and had its

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry slams Albanian PM Rama over ‘anti-Bulgarian’ statements

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Albania

The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has hit out at Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama over what it called his “new,

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Leisure 

Autumn Salon des Arts in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv opens on September 1

August 30, 2022September 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The annual Autumn Salon des Arts in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv – featuring a month of numerous exhibitions, theatrical and

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Bulgaria 

Islamabad’s embassy in Bulgaria appeals for aid after floods in Pakistan

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Pakistan’s embassy in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia has posted a list of urgently-needed items following the torrential monsoon rains which since

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Leisure 

Ice Park to open in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia in December

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

For the first time, Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia will have its own Ice Park, scheduled to open on December 1

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Bulgaria 

Transport Ministry: Bulgarian state railways in ‘extremely worrying’ condition

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has portrayed the country’s state railways BDZ passenger and goods transport divisions as in “extremely worrying” condition

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Europe 

EU gives Ukraine 5.5M potassium iodide tablets against potential radiation exposure

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union is to donate 5.5 million potassium iodide tablets to Ukraine to offer people protection in case of

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