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Month: June 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM calls for steps against pro-Russian party over calls for violence

June 27, 2023June 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov issued a call on June 27 for the country’s institutions to take steps against pro-Russian

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Business 

European Commission: major online travel agencies commit to refund within 14 days for cancelled flights

June 27, 2023June 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Following talks with the European Commission (EC) and national consumer authorities (CPC network), three major online travel agencies have committed

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister unveils further details of Bulgaria’s new package of military aid for Ukraine

June 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Defence Minister Todor Tagarev has unveiled further details of the new package of military aid that the Cabinet has

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Europe 

Borrell: Events at weekend show Russian state and Putin’s credibility being weakened

June 27, 2023June 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The events of this past weekend, involving the aborted armed insurrection by the Wagner group, show that the the Russian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new government approves a new package of military aid for Ukraine

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s new government has approved a new package of military and military-technical assistance for Ukraine in line with a decision

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Bulgaria 

EU approves 100M euro for farmers in five EU countries, including Bulgaria, over imports from Ukraine

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union has approved a 100 million euro support package for farmers in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia,

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 61% of Bulgarians approve of election of new government

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Sixty-one per cent of Bulgarians approve of the June 6 election of the government, according to the results of a

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Bulgaria 

Number of Ukrainians accommodated in Bulgaria through state scheme doubles in two months

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The number of Ukrainians accommodated in Bulgaria through a scheme of state support for accommodation of those fleeing Russia’s war

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Europe 

EU increases funding for military support for Ukraine, other partners, by 3.5B euro

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union foreign ministers adopted on June 26 a decision increasing the overall financial ceiling of the European Peace Facility (EPF) by 3.5

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