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Month: April 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 49th National Assembly’s first sitting: Declarations and a stand-off over Speaker

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Ten days after being elected, Bulgaria’s 49th National Assembly held its first sitting on April 12, with a succession of

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Business 

IMF sees Bulgaria’s economy growing by 1.4% in 2023

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, macroeconomic indicators

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Bulgaria’s economy to grow by 1.4 per cent this year before picking up to

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in first two months of 2023 up 13.9% y/y

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – February 2023, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria added up to 14.8 billion leva,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria denies report it held talks on donating MiG-29s to Ukraine

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

In a statement on April 10, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry rejected as untrue a CNN report, citing what the broadcaster described

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s newly-elected 49th National Assembly to hold first sitting on April 12

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria’s newly-elected 49th National Assembly will hold its first sitting on April 12 at 10am, according to a notice on

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 16 deaths, 1007 new cases

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 16 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

New US ambassador to Bulgaria presents credentials to President

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

The new United States ambassador to Bulgaria, Kenneth Merten, presented his credentials to head of state President Roumen Radev at

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Bulgaria 

WCC-Democratic Bulgaria will not support a government with mandate or participation of GERB

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

All the parties in the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria electoral coalition have decided that they will not support a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s CEC announces seat distribution after April 2 parliamentary election

April 7, 2023June 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the seat distribution in the 49th National Assembly, with the full list of

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