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Month: May 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF’s talks on government leave impasse in place

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria is heading towards its May 6 long weekend with no clarity whether rounds of talks among parliamentary groups will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria refused entry to 7955 non-EU nationals in 2022

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria refused entry to 7955 non-EU nationals in 2022, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on May 5, in a

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Bulgaria 

Nato battle group vehicles to take part in Bulgaria’s Armed Forces Day parade

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

For the first time, Italian Freccia armoured combat vehicles from the Nato multinational battle group based in Bulgaria will take

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Leisure 

Bulgaria’s 16th ‘Antistatic’ International Festival of Contemporary Dance

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance “Antistatic” marks its 16th edition with its most diverse programme so far,

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Business 

Poll: Consumer confidence in Bulgaria is up

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular three-monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the results of which were released on May 5, has

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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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