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Month: April 2023

Bulgaria 

Close to 18 000 students at universities in Bulgaria are foreigners

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 17 593 students at universities in Bulgaria in the 2022/23 academic year studying for bachelor’s or master’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria probes claim bank is laundering money for Russian oligarchs

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office said on April 25 that it had instructed the State Agency for National Security (SANS)

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Europe 

EC pays further 1.5B euro macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) said on April 15 it had made a third payment of 1.5 billion euro under the Macro-financial Assistance (MFA)+ package for Ukraine, worth up

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Bulgaria 

Borissov wants to see who would be in a WCC-Democratic Bulgaria government

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF and the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition held a 40-minute leaders meeting on April 25, with

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Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF invites We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria to leaders meeting

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF says that it has invited We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria to a leaders meeting in the Parliament

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Business 

Gender pay gap: EU ministers adopt new rules on pay transparency

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union ministers have adopted new rules to combat pay discrimination and help close the gender pay gap in the

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Business 

EU trade in medicinal and pharma products: New peak in 2022 – Eurostat

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Between 2002 and 2022, European Union exports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products to countries outside the EU grew considerably stronger

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Russian ambassador’s comments on domestic politics inappropriate

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has criticised comments by Russian ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova on domestic politics as inappropriate. In an interview posted

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 19 deaths, 1146 new cases

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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