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Month: May 2024

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Bulgaria’s June 2024 elections: Poll sees five groups winning seats

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024

A poll by the Market Links agency, the results of which were released on May 10 immediately before the official

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria brings anti-epidemic measures against whooping cough into effect

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Temporary anti-epidemic measures against the spread of whooping cough have come into effect in Bulgaria on May 9, following an

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Perspectives 

Lithuanian MPs oppose nomination of Kremlin’s business partner for Nobel Peace Prize

May 9, 2024May 10, 2024 Igor Chalenko Lithuania, Russia

Seventy-one members of the Republic of Lithuania’s Seimas – that is, every second Member of Parliament – have signed an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker PM meets ambassadors of EU member states, US, UK and Switzerland

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev held a meeting on May 8 with the ambassadors of the European Union member

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s June 2024 elections: Poll sees six groups winning seats

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

A poll by the Alpha Research agency, the results of which were released on May 8, sees six coalitions and

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Bulgaria 

Poll foresees relatively low turnouts in Bulgaria’s June 2024 elections

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

There will be relatively low voter turnouts in Bulgaria’s June 9 2024 European Parliament and early National Assembly elections, according

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker PM reassures Ukraine of Bulgaria’s support

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has told Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal that Bulgaria will continue its categorical support for

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Europe 

Ukrainian refugees are second largest number in the world after Syrians – IOM

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Syrian refugees, Ukraine

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 resulted in one of the largest and fastest displacements in Europe since

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World 

IOM’s World Migration Report 2024: Record number of displaced people

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched on May 7 the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global

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