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Month: May 2023

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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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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