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Month: August 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Scandal-hit former Speaker Rashidov quits Parliament, GERB and politics

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Two days after his remarks about new legislation against domestic violence caused widespread outrage, Vezhdi Rashidov – a former Speaker

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Bulgaria 

2023 Perseids meteor shower peaks over Bulgaria August 12 – 13

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The 2023 Perseids meteor shower will peak between August 12 and 13, with little competition from the moon, which will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM, broadcast regulator chief tangle over disinformation

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and the head of the country’s broadcast media regulator, Council for Electronic Media (CEM) chief

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament approves further amendments to Protection Against Domestic Violence Act

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

At a special sitting on August 7, Bulgaria’s Parliament approved the second and final reading of amendments to the Protection

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overturn President’s veto on amendments to Judiciary Act

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has overturned President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s Judiciary Act. The vote on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian palaeontologists: New finds of remains of Late Cretaceous reptiles

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The expedition by palaeontologists from the National Museum of Natural History at the Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna site near Trun

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Europe 

Extreme weather conditions: EU mobilises assistance for Slovenia and Cyprus

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Slovenia and Cyprus activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism on August 6 due to the floods and wildfires that are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Fears being deliberately planted against the euro are largely unfounded

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Russia, Ukraine

The fears that are deliberately planted against the euro are largely unfounded, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said on August

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria offers help to flood-hit Slovenia and Austria

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has offered help to Slovenia and Austria to cope with the severe floods that have hit the two countries,

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