Former Sofia district mayor sentenced to six-year jail term in corruption trial
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation handed a six-year sentence to the former mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district Dessislava Ivancheva on
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Month: November 2022
MFA: Russian claim Bulgaria escalating war is propaganda rhetoric
The claim by the Russian Foreign Ministry that the Bulgarian Parliament’s vote to supply arms to Ukraine makes Bulgaria responsible
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Bulgaria fourth-highest in EU in granting temporary protection to Ukrainians
As of September 30 2022, and among the countries for which data are available, Poland reported the highest number of
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MEPs back Croatia’s Schengen accession
In a vote on November 10, members of the European Parliament endorsed lifting internal border controls between the Schengen free-movement
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EU proposes actions to allow armed forces to move faster and better across borders
The European Commission (EC) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell put forward on November 10 an Action Plan on
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EU pledges 200M euro to help Moldova meet gas supply needs
The European Commission (EC) has put together an additional energy support package for Moldova, pledging 200 million euro to help
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Bulgaria’s Jan-Sept 2022 exports up 40.1%, imports 45.4% higher y/y
In the first nine months of 2022, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 70.02 billion
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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry orders further extension of anti-Covid measures
For the latest time in a long succession of weeks, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Assen Medjidiev has issued an order
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Bulgaria declares readiness to contribute to EU Military Assistance Mission Ukraine
Bulgaria’s caretaker government adopted on November 9 a decision declaring Bulgaria’s readiness to contribute to the EU Military Assistance Mission
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