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Month: March 2024

Europe 

EU ministers adopt European Media Freedom Act

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The Council of the European Union has adopted a new law that will safeguard media freedom, media pluralism and editorial independence in

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Business 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had lowest GDP per capita in EU in 2023

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria registered the lowest GDP per capita in the European Union in 2023, 36 per cent below the EU average,

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Bulgaria 

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria in new proposal to GERB-UDF on government

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition has made a new offer to Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition on a proposed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to hold special sitting after Gabriel officially refuses to be PM

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly Rosen Zhelyazkov has convened a special sitting of Parliament, to be held on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry, BNB, launch website in Bulgarian and English on euro changeover

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Finance and central Bulgarian National Bank have launched an information website dedicated to the introduction of the

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Bulgaria 

European Commission approves 170M leva in state aid for Bulgarian farmers

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on March 25 that it has approved 170 million leva, or about 86.9 million euro, in

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Europe 

EU ministers approve continued encouragement of voluntary gas demand reduction measures

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union formally adopted on March 25 the recommendation that encourages member states to continue reducing their gas

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Business 

EC opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta under Digital Markets Act

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on March 25 that it has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA)

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Three regions in Bulgaria had highest death rate in EU in 2021

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The three regions in the European Union with the highest standardised death rate in 2021 were all in Bulgaria, EU

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