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Day: May 3, 2023

Perspectives 

Freedom Armenian style: Putin’s allies ‘democratising’ their countries

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine

The democracies in Russia’s ally states helping the Kremlin in a war against Ukraine have started to look more like

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria lifts ban on import of several Ukrainian foodstuffs, to get compensation from EU

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government agreed at a regular meeting on May 3 to lift its recently-imposed ban on the import of

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Europe 

500M euro, new measures to boost EU defence industry capacities in ammo production

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) adopted on May 3 the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) as part of “track

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Europe 

Deal on decreasing data roaming fees between Western Balkans and EU

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

Thirty-eight telecommunication operators from the European Union and the Western Balkans have agreed to make data roaming between the Western Balkans

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2023 was 3.7%

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2023 was 3.7 per cent, down from 3.8 per cent in February and down from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF turns to talks with other parties on support for a minority government

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Having rejected the proposed cabinet line-up announced by the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF is turning

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Bulgaria 

Market Links: Borissov has highest approval rating among Bulgaria’s political leaders

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov has the highest approval rating among Bulgaria’s political leaders, at 24 per cent, according to a

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Perspectives 

How Bulgarian media turn into megaphones for Kremlin propaganda

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Vassilena Dotkova Media, new coronavirus, Russia, Ukraine

America is building the Fourth Reich in Europe; The International Criminal Court in the Hague is a terrorist organisation; Poland

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