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Month: May 2023

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We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition accepts mandate to seek to form a government

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

In a ceremony lasting barely five minutes, President Roumen Radev handed on May 29 the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, EU leaders congratulate Türkiye’s Erdoğan on election victory

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his re-election as President of Türkiye. Deutsche

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Leisure 

Exhibition ‘Needles in a Haystack’ at Bulgaria’s National Art Gallery

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “Needles in a Haystack” opens at the National Art Gallery – The Palace in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Perspectives 

Diplomacy by disinformation: Russian embassies’ role in Kremlin’s information war

May 29, 2023May 10, 2024 Vassilena Dotkova Russia, Ukraine

Just days after the European Union imposed sanctions on Russian state media over the spread of propaganda, the Russian embassy

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 10 deaths, 581 new cases

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 10 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: President Radev moves to limit opportunity for pro-Western government

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Amid controversy over a recording that threatens to scupper attempts in Bulgaria to form a governing agreement based on Euro-Atlantic

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Bulgaria 

WCC-Democratic Bulgaria mulls response to GERB-UDF freezing talks on government

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The eight parties within the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition are to decide on their response to the announcement

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Bulgaria 

Military participates in civil defence exercise in Bulgaria’s capital on May 28

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Defence Ministry personnel are taking part in a full-scale disaster response exercise by Sofia municipality in the Bulgarian capital city’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s recordings row: GERB freezes talks with WCC-DB on a government

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB party has decided to “freeze” negotiations with We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria on a proposed government, it

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