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Month: May 2023

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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Bulgaria 

EU: Temporary restrictions on imports of Ukrainian grain, other foodstuffs, for five countries including Bulgaria

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) adopted on May 2 what it called “exceptional and temporary preventive measures” on imports of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria military aircraft to fly low over Sofia in rehearsals for Armed Forces Day

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

From May 3 to 6, Bulgarian Air Force and Bulgarian Navy aircraft will fly low over capital city Sofia in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President appoints new caretaker Foreign Minister

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has appointed career diplomat Ivan Kondov, who has been permanent secretary of the Foreign Ministry since

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Bulgaria 

Borissov reacts to WCC-Democratic Bulgaria proposed cabinet: ‘Partisan and unacceptable’

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov has reacted to the line-up of the proposed government announced on May 2 by the We

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Europe 

EC proposes extending suspension of tariffs, quotas on imports from Moldova

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) proposed on May 2 to renew and expand the suspension of import duties and quotas on Moldovan

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