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Month: October 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament condemns Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgaria’s Parliament adopted on October 13 a declaration expressing unwavering support for Israel and condemning Hamas’s terrorist attack on the

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Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects motion of no confidence in Denkov government

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on October 13 to reject a motion of no confidence in the Nikolai

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Sofia mayor bans anti-Israel ‘protection of Jerusalem’ march

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel, Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova issued an order on October 13 banning a planned march “in defence of Jerusalem” announced on

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry: Tel Aviv – Sofia flight for Bulgarian citizens and their families on October 13

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has announced that a charter flight from Tel Aviv to Sofia is available for Bulgarian citizens and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Protesting miners, energy workers lift blockade of motorway, mountain pass

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Coal miners and energy workers protesting against Bulgaria’s proposed territorial plans for a just transition of the country’s coal regions

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Bulgaria 

Prime Minister Denkov: No immediate threat to Bulgaria

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Russia, Ukraine

There is no immediate threat to Bulgaria, except for sites connected to Israel, such as embassies, synagogues, tourist groups, where

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria starts annual multinational naval exercise Breeze 2023 on October 23

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is holding its annual naval exercise Breeze 2023, involving foreign navies, from October 23 to 22, the Defence Ministry

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – August 2023 down 7.6% y/y, imports down 8.8%

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – August 2023, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 56 841.6 million

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Exhibition of artefacts from Trebenishte at Bulgaria’s National Archaeological Museum

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition of 600 finds from the necropolis of Trebenishte is on at the National Archaeological Museum in Bulgaria’s capital

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