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Month: June 2023

Europe 

Religious minority asylum-seekers detained at Turkish-Bulgarian border say they were beaten, tortured

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey, Türkiye

Thirty of 104 members of religious minority group Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who had presented themselves at the

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Europe 

European Parliament endorses plan to provide more ammunition for Ukraine

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Parliament voted on June 1 to approve a draft bill to increase European production of ammunition and missiles,

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Bulgaria 

EC opens infringement cases against Bulgaria on money laundering, fighting fraud

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on June 1 that it opened two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria and was advancing the infringement

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Europe 

EU ministers approve EU’s accession to Istanbul Convention

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the European Union approved on June 1 the EU’s accession to the Convention on preventing and combating

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in April 2023 was 3.9%

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in April 2023 was 3.9 per cent, down from four per cent in March 2023 and from

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Europe 

ECRI report: Russian leaders’ false narrative that Ukrainian government are neo-Nazis is absurd

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russian leaders’ false narrative, from the highest political level, describing the democratically elected Ukrainian government and Ukrainians who did not

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Business 

Bulgaria January-April 2023 Budget deficit at 1.1B leva

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 1.1 billion leva in the first four months of the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 57 deaths in Bulgaria

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 57 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first five months of 2023 is 189

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 189 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2023, according to

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