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Month: August 2022

Bulgaria 

2022 Perseids meteor shower peaks over Bulgaria August 12 – 13

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The 2022 Perseids meteor shower will peak between August 12 and 13, but will have competition from the moon, which

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy destroys mines found in two places on coast

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Navy has destroyed, in a controlled explosion, a mine found off the central beach in Tsarevo and is

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Bulgaria 

Italians to arrive by mid-August to join Bulgaria-based Nato battle group

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Up to 750 Italian military personnel with 50 items of military equipment are expected to relocate to Bulgaria by mid-August,

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Bulgaria 

Anti-personnel mine found on beach in Bulgaria’s Tsarevo – reports

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

An anti-personnel mine was found on the central beach in Tsarevo on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea, according to Bulgarian media

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria urges caution on travel to Israel as military operation continues

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

In a statement on August 6, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry called on the country’s citizens to limit or postpone their trips

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to ask Poland to overhaul MiG-29 engines

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry is to send an official request to Poland’s Defence Ministry for assistance in overhauling six Bulgarian Air

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from BSP caretaker cabinet members

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

The Bulgarian Socialist Party’s (BSP) national council has distanced itself from its three members appointed by President Roumen Radev to

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Bulgaria 

Russia expels 14 Bulgarian diplomats

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian ambassador in Moscow Atanas Krastin was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on August 5 to be informed that

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Europe 

1000 Ukrainian patients transferred to European hospitals

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

As of August 5, the European Union has successfully coordinated 1000 medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients via its Civil Protection Mechanism to

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