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Day: April 4, 2024

Bulgaria 

Prosecutors charge head of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency, critics allege link to elections

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Prosecutors in Bulgaria have lodged charges of participating in an organised crime group against the head of the Customs Agency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing government lists what it sees as its achievements

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria’s outgoing Nikolai Denkov government published a list on April 4 of what it sees as its achievements in office.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry decides to buy seven double-decker trains from Polish firm

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing Minister of Transport and Communications, Georgi Gvozdeikov, signed on April 4 decision to select a contractor for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission outlines elections options

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024, European elections 2024

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said on April 4 that it was ready for “two-in-one” simultaneous European Parliament and National

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Bulgaria 

Outgoing PM Denkov: Peevski is the biggest evil happening to Bulgaria

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, in an interview on April 4, described Movement for Rights and Freedoms co-leader Delyan Peevski

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament 2024 elections: 348 701 first-time voters in Bulgaria – estimate

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, European elections 2024, European Parliament, European Parliament elections 2024

In Bulgaria, a total of 348 701 people have reached voting age since the previous European Parliament elections in 2019,

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Bulgaria 

US court sentences OneCoin Bulgarian official to four years in prison

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos has sentenced Bulgarian national Irina Dilkinska to four years in prison for her role

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing government provides 268.8M leva for state administration pay hikes

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing Nikolai Denkov government has allocated 268.85 million leva for increases in basic salaries of state administration employees, to

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Ministry expects tourist visits to Bulgaria this past winter to have risen 5%

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Between December 1 2023 and March 25 2024, there were 1.8 million tourist registrations in Bulgaria, and the country’s Tourism

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