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Day: March 8, 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria moves to scrap education certificate requirement for driving licences for foreigners

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting on March 8, Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved proposed amendments to legislation, including scrapping the requirement for foreigners to submit

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria says 7 EU countries back its call to scrap contract for Covid-19 vaccines

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker government voted unanimously on March 8 to call for the European Commission to terminate the contract with Pfizer-BioNTech

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Bulgaria 

Moving of Soviet Army Monument in Bulgaria’s capital on city council agenda

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

The removal of the Soviet Army Monument from its place in the centre of Bulgaria’s capital city has been added

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Europe 

Laptops for Ukraine: 13 000 more laptops, smartphones to go to Ukraine through EC-backed initiative

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Thirteen thousand additional laptops, smartphones and tablets have been gathered and will be delivered to Ukraine through the European Commission-supported initiative Laptops

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Europe 

EC: About 4M people fleeing war in Ukraine granted protection in EU

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Since the European Commission (EC) triggered on March 4 2022 the Temporary Protection Directive for people fleeing Russia’s war on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court rejects application to rule on military aid to Ukraine

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal from 50 MPs to rule on the National Assembly’s decision to supply military

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Bulgaria records 3.4% economic growth in 2022

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 3.4 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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