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Day: August 30, 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry top official resigns, after clash between government and president

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Interior Ministry chief secretary Petar Todorov said on August 30 that he was submitting his resignation, the latest development

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government budgets 151.1M leva for October 2023 municipal elections

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Bulgaria’s government has allocated 151.1 million leva for the country’s mayoral and municipal elections, the first round of which will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to include data on long-term, permanent residents in crime prevention system

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government has approved a change to an ordinance so that information on long-term and permanent residents may be included

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government transfers 81M leva for costs of April’s early elections

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s government approved 81 million leva to meet the actual costs of the country’s April 2

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Business 

Latvian airline airBaltic to start direct flights from Sofia Airport to Riga in May 2024

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Latvia, Sofia Airport, tourism

Latvian airline Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic) will start direct flights from Sofia Airport to Riga in May 2024, Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian army vehicles, personnel head for Saber Junction exercise in Germany

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Personnel and equipment from the 61st Stryamska Mechanised Brigade will travel along Bulgaria’s national road network from their base in

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Bulgaria 

Super Blue Moon on August 30: Partly cloudy skies over most of Bulgaria

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The night of August 30 2023 sees a Super Blue Moon, with forecasts suggesting that the night sky over most

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Business 

Poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria sees slight decline

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that in August, business sentiment in Bulgaria saw

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January – July 2023 up 20.8% y/y

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 20 992 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January – July 2023, an increase of 20.8 per

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