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Month: May 2023

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European court: Bulgaria provided inadequate protection for 15-year-old domestic violence victim

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

In a judgment on May 23, the European Court of Human Rights found against Bulgaria, saying that it had failed

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Europe 

EC pays further 1.5B euro in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) made on May 23 a fourth payment of 1.5 billion euro under the Macro-financial Assistance (MFA)+ package for Ukraine, worth up to 18

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Bulgaria 

WCC-DB’s Petkov: This format is not a coalition with GERB

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s Kiril Petkov said on May 23 that the proposed government format – which involves a

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Leisure 

Bulgarian railways offers steam train excursions in June

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering steam train excursions in June 2023, along a total of three different routes in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appears a step closer to an elected government

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on May 22 that he would “within the next few days” hand over the second

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Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria announce deal on government

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and his GERB-UDF counterpart Maria Gabriel announced on May 22

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Bulgaria 

Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria in 2020 – 2022 was 1.7 years less than in 2019 -2021

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Life expectancy at birth of the population of Bulgaria, calculated for the period 2020 – 2022, was 71.9 years, a

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Bulgaria 

Condemnation for pro-Russians’ vandalism of EU building in Bulgaria’s capital

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission has condemned the vandalism of the House of Europe in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, after participants in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 16 deaths, 752 new cases

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 16 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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