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Month: April 2023

Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry: ‘Necessary measures’ taken to evacuate Bulgarian citizens from Sudan

April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken the necessary measures and is doing everything possible, in coordination with its partners

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Agriculture Minister: Ukrainian import ban will not cause bread, sunflower price rises

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker Agriculture Minister Yavor Gechev says that he does not believe that the country’s temporary ban on several foodstuffs

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Business 

Bulgarian vegetable oil producers: Ban on Ukrainian imports will cause bankruptcies, higher prices

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian caretaker government’s temporary ban on the import of grains and oil seed crops from Ukraine will lead to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President concludes consultations ahead of handing mandate to form government

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev concluded his round of consultations with the 49th National Assembly’s parliamentary groups on April 21, as

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Business 

United Group sells telecom towers in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia to Saudi Tawal

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Dutch-registered telecoms and media company United Group has agreed the sale of its mobile telephony towers in Bulgaria, Croatia and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President holds consultations ahead of handing mandate to seek to form government

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on April 20 two days of consultations with the six groups in

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Europe 

Crypto-assets: European Parliament approves new rules for tracing transfers in the EU

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Members of the European Parliament voted on April 20 to approve, with 529 votes in favour to 29 against and

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 90 samples – NCIPD

April 20, 2023May 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has announced the results of sequencing the latest group of samples

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Bulgaria 

EU 100M euro aid conditional on Bulgaria, four others, lifting bans on Ukrainian food imports

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The 100 million euro second package of aid proposed by the European Commission for farmers in countries affected by imports

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