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Month: March 2023

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European prosecutors probe possible corruption, EU funds abuse in Bulgaria’s capital

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is carrying out searches on March 31 in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Official campaign period heads to a close

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

The official campaign period in Bulgaria’s April 2 2023 early parliamentary elections – the fifth time in two years that

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Europe 

Stoltenberg: Finland to join Nato in coming days

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Finland will formally join Nato in the coming days, the Alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on March 31. Finland

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Another poll sees tight race for first place

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

A poll by the Exacta Research Agency has become the latest to see a tight race for first place in

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2023 was 3.8%

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2023 was 3.8 per cent, down from 3.9 per cent in January 2023 and from

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Perspectives 

Caucasian knot: Ayatollahs supply Putin with drones via Armenia for the war in Ukraine

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Nikolay Marchenko Armenia, Russia, Ukraine

The drones that bombed Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leaving the country and neighbouring Moldova without power, may have been imported into

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Bulgaria 

Bomb hoaxes in Bulgaria: All schools in Plovdiv closed on March 31

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The mayor of Plovdiv, Zdravko Dimitrov, has ordered all schools in the municipality to close on March 31 against the

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Europe 

EC report: War in Ukraine continues to impact EU farmers

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the ensuing high input costs and food inflation, continue to weigh on agricultural markets and

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Business 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had lowest hourly labour costs in EU in 2022

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the lowest hourly labour costs in the European Union in 2022, EU statistics agency Eurostat said on March

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