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Month: May 2023

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Members of religious minority held at Turkish-Bulgarian border face prison, execution if deported

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

More than 100 members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a persecuted religious minority, who have presented themselves

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Business 

Bulgaria’s WPP Gorichane sells Gorichane and Prolez Wind Farms to Taaleri Energia

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

WPP Gorichane OOD, a Bulgarian wind power developer, has completed the sale of the 80MW Gorichane and Prolez Wind Farms

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs pass bill to ease investigation, dismissal of Prosecutor-General

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved at second reading on May 26 amendments to the country’s Judiciary Act that set the procedure

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: WCC-DB, GERB-UDF see Radostin Vassilev’s recording as sabotage of bid for government

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023, Kiril Petkov

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria and GERB-UDF see the release of a recording claimed to be of WCC-DB internal discussions

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Europe 

Europol: 28 arrested for smuggling migrants via Bulgaria and Romania

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Twenty-eight people were arrested following an investigation initiated by Romanian Border Police into a criminal organisation smuggled irregular migrants from

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Europe 

EC deal with BioNTech-Pfizer on Covid-19 vaccines allows reduced purchases by EU countries

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) announced on May 26 that it had reached an agreement with BioNTech-Pfizer on adapting the existing

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Bulgaria 

WCC-DB’s Petkov: Dirty tricks campaign against getting a government elected in Bulgaria

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

We Continue the Change co-leader Kiril Petkov alleged on May 25 that there was an “active campaign” – including illicit

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Bulgaria 

Talks on government to be proposed by WCC-Democratic Bulgaria continue

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

At the point that the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition receives the second mandate to seek to form a

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Bulgaria 

Members of religious minority seeking asylum pushed back at Turkish-Bulgarian border

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

More than 100 members of a religious minority, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, who tried to cross into

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