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Month: February 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former finance minister on Magnitsky sanctions: US was ‘misled’

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

I respect the position of the American state, but I do not respect their motives – they were misled, Vladislav

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry to follow up allegations in US Magnitsky sanctions list

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev has assigned the ministry’s chief secretary Petar Todorov, and all structures of the ministry,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among 10 European countries offering help to Syria after earthquake

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey, Türkiye

Bulgaria is among 10 European countries offering help to the Syrian people via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in the

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Bulgaria 

EU winter economic forecast raises Bulgaria 2023 growth estimate to 1.4%

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, macroeconomic indicators

The European Commission said in its winter economic forecast on February 13 that it expected Bulgaria’s economy to grow by

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Europe 

EC to mobilise additional support for Türkiye after earthquake

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen has told the President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that the EC

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 10 deaths, 273 new cases

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 10 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Perspectives 

Easy prey? Russia’s influence in Bulgaria

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 Vessela Tcherneva Russia

In early January, investigative journalist Christo Grozev addressed the Bulgarian parliament via videolink. His words shocked parliamentarians and the wider

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Bulgaria 

Syrian envoy asks for Bulgarian government help following earthquake

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey, Türkiye

In a television interview on February 12, Syrian chargé d’affaires in Sofia, Oras Mahmoud, called on the Bulgarian caretaker government

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Bulgaria 

Re-registration of Ukrainians who have temporary protection in Bulgaria begins

February 11, 2023February 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Re-registration of Ukrainians who have temporary protection in Bulgaria has begun, according to a statement on the official government portal

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