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Month: February 2024

Europe 

EU provides 83M euro in humanitarian aid to support people in Ukraine, Moldova

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) announced on February 20 what it said was an initial 83 million euro in humanitarian aid

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January 2024 up 24.4% y/y

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 3122 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January 2024, an increase of 24.4 per cent compared with

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Bulgaria 

MPs from Bulgarian pro-Kremlin minority party hosted in Moscow by Putin’s party

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Members of Parliament from Bulgaria’s pro-Kremlin minority party Vuzrazhdane at the invitation of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, according to

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Bulgaria 

Election shortlists two candidates to be member of Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body

February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

An election in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Sliven on February 18 shortlisted two candidates to be the next

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: On mayor’s order, police block march in honour of pro-Nazi leader

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, acting on an order issued by mayor Vassil Terziev, blocked the holding of the

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Business 

Bulgaria competition watchdog clears United Group’s acquisition of Bulsatcom

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has approved the acquisition of local satellite TV and internet provider Bulsatcom by

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Bulgaria 

Navalny’s death: Reactions in Bulgaria

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Reacting to reports on February 16 quoting Russia’s penitentiary service as saying that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in

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Bulgaria 

US Secretary of State Blinken: Bulgaria is an extraordinary partner for the US

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria is an extraordinary partner for the United States, for Europe, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on February

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Bulgaria 

Condemnation for planned holding of Lukov March in honour of pro-Nazi leader

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria is categorically against the planned holding of the so-called Lukov

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