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Day: May 4, 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria set for cloudy weather and some rain on May 6 long weekend

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

With May 6 – St George’s Day and Armed Forces Day – falling on a Saturday in 2023, Monday May

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Perspectives 

Russia turned Ukraine and Azerbaijan into the most mined countries

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine

As a result of the full-scale Russian aggression, Ukraine became the most mined country in the world. Out of all

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Leisure 

Bulgaria’s capital set for Sofia Eurovision Party

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

The Sofia Eurovision Party will be held for the second year in a row in Sofia on May 9, 11

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF holds talks with three parliamentary groups

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF, which as the largest parliamentary group will be the first to receive a mandate to seek to

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Europe 

EU 70M euro to support defence sectors of Moldova, Georgia

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union adopted on May 4 two assistance measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF) in

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World 

Global report shows highest number of people facing acute food insecurity since 2017

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The latest edition of the Global Report on Food Crises shows that in 2022, about 258 million people across 58 countries faced

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Bulgaria 

Prospects to see May 5 lunar eclipse over Bulgaria are cloudy

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

There will be a lunar eclipse on May 5 2023, completely visible over Asia and Australia, and it will be

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Europe 

Eurostat: Natural gas demand in EU down 13% in 2022 in cutback efforts

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Following a 4.3 per cent increase in 2021, inland demand for natural gas in the European Union decreased by 13.2

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria revoked citizenship of 17 after scrapping ‘golden passports’

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

After the National Assembly abolished “golden passports” – citizenship in return for investment – the Bulgarian citizenship of 17 people

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