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Month: August 2023

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Countries of Balkans will be strong only if they stand together

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The countries of the Balkan Peninsula must understand that we will only be strong if we stand together. This is

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Europe 

European Council President: EU, candidates, must both be ready for enlargement by 2030

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union and the countries that are candidates for EU membership must be ready for enlargement of the bloc

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Europe 

Wildfires: Largest rescEU aerial firefighting operation in Greece

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

To tackle the wildfires in Greece, the biggest ever recorded in the EU, the European Commission’s (EC) Emergency Response Coordination

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria proposes Slovenian involvement in Kozloduy new reactors project

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov has proposed to his Slovenian counterpart Robert Golob that Slovenia be involved in the project

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