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Month: March 2024

Europe 

Eurostat: Life expectancy at birth in EU in 2022 was 80.6 years

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2022, the life expectancy at birth in the European Union was 80.6 years, up by 0.5 years from 2021, EU statistics agency

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Europe 

EU ministers in move towards new EU rules on suspending visa-free travel for third countries

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union member states’ ambassadors (Coreper) have agreed their position on a draft regulation which updates a mechanism that allows

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Bulgaria 

Neofit, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, dies at 78

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Neofit, Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and thus the head of its governing body the Holy Synod, has died

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: On March 15, Radev to hand over first mandate to seek to form a government

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will on March 15 at 5pm hand over the first mandate to seek to form a

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Europe 

MEPs endorse update of rules on single residence and work permit for non-EU nationals

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

The European Parliament voted on March 13 to back more effective European Union rules for combined work and residence permits

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Europe 

European Parliament approves European Media Freedom Act

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Media

Members of the European Parliament voted on March 13 to give their final green light to new legislation to protect

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Bulgaria 

EC opens new infringement case against Bulgaria on access to lawyers

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on March 13 that it opened a new infringement case against Bulgaria regarding EU rules on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Putin has 62% disapproval rating, 58% believe Kremlin responsible for Navalny’s death

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian society is dominated by the opinion that the Kremlin regime is responsible for the death of Russian opposition leader

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2024 European Parliament elections: GERB-UDF 22.6%, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria 19.9% – poll

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024

Ahead of the European Parliament elections to be held in Bulgaria on June 6, a poll by the Alpha Research

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