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Month: April 2024

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s warm weather: Just one mountain resort’s ski zone still open

April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko is the country’s only ski destination still continuing its season, after Borovets and Pamporovo ended

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Eurostat: Bulgaria had highest increase in prices of meat in EU in February y/y

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In February 2024, most European Union countries reported an increase in prices for meat, compared with February 2023, EU statistics

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker PM-designate Glavchev presents nominees for interim government

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024, Dimitar Glavchev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister-designate Dimitar Glavchev presented on April 5 his nominees for the caretaker government that is to take

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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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