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Month: January 2024

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Kovacheva elected as European Court of Human Rights judge

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has elected Diana Kovacheva as judge to the European Court of Human Rights

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament changes rules in move against pro-Kremlin party

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At a sitting on January 24, the Bulgarian Parliament approved an amendment to the National Assembly regulations ending the practice

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Bulgaria 

Swiss Federal Council gives green light to lifting air border controls with Bulgaria and Romania

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

Checks at Swiss airports for people travelling to and from Bulgaria and Romania will be abolished, Switzerland’s Federal Council decided

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Vitosha to offer night skiing from January 26

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

This season’s night skiing on Bulgaria’s Vitosha mountain, on the outskirts of capital city Sofia, is to begin on January

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Bulgaria 

Number of districts in Bulgaria subject to flu epidemic declarations rises to seven

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven of Bulgaria’s 28 districts are now subject to influenza epidemic declarations. The latest addition is Sofia district (as distinct

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Pleven, Varna and Bourgas districts declare influenza epidemics

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s districts of Pleven and Varna have issued a declaration of a flu epidemic, with anti-epidemic measures to be in

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Europe 

Nato concludes contracts for a further $1.2B in artillery ammunition

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Ukraine

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and general manager of the Nato Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) Stacy Cummings concluded contracts

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev challenges appointment of Constitutional Court judges

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on January 23 that he asked the country’s Constitutional Court to rule on whether the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to participate in Nato’s Steadfast Defender exercise, largest in decades

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria is to participate in Nato’s Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024, the Alliance’s largest in decades, with about 90 000 forces

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