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Month: December 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko opens 2023/24 season

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Bansko mountain resort opened its 2023/24 season on December 16, following Pamporovo and Borovets that opened theirs the day

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Bulgaria 

The Netherlands government supports Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen visa zone

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The government of the Netherlands has informed the country’s Parliament of its support for the accession of Bulgaria to the

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria expects positive news from Netherlands on Schengen

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov, Schengen

Bulgaria expects positive news from the Netherlands regarding Schengen, Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov told journalists in Brussels on December 15

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Business 

Bulgaria annual inflation drops to two-year low of 5.4% in November

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 5.4 per cent inflation in November 2023, down from 5.8 per cent a

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Bulgaria’s ski resorts open, but Interior Ministry warns against non-essential travel

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resorts of Pamporovo and Borovets opened their 2023/24 ski season on December 15, with Bansko to follow on

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria dropped transit fee for Russian gas after Orbán threatened Schengen veto

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria has been forced to remove the tax imposed on the transit of Russian gas to Hungary and Serbia, as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Weather warnings across the country over heavy rain forecast for December 15

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau has issued warnings of hazardous and potentially hazardous weather for December 15 because of forecasts of heavy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first air ambulance helicopter tested

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The first helicopter produced for Bulgaria’s Air Emergency Medical Service system has been rolled off the production line and taken

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Bulgaria 

Minority parties disrupt sitting of Bulgarian Parliament over dismantling of Soviet Army Monument

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

The December 14 sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly was disrupted soon after it began as MPs from three minority parliamentary

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