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Month: June 2024

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Bulgaria’s June 2024 elections: GERB-UDF has large lead over WCC-DB – opinion poll

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024

A few days ahead of Bulgaria’s June 9 early National Assembly and regular European Parliament elections, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker Cabinet changes fees for foreigners’ residence cards

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet has approved changes to some of the fees charged for issuing identification documents to foreigners residing in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new medical emergency helicopter team carries out first mission

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A team from the Centre for Air Emergency Medical Services carried out its first mission today, using the country’s recently-acquired

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Latvian MPs oppose nomination of Kremlin business partner for Nobel Peace Prize

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Igor Chalenko Latvia, Russia

Twenty-one members of Latvia’s Parliament, the Saeima, have joined the international call for the Nobel Committee to reject the nomination

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Bulgaria 

Sunday special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament fails for lack of quorum

June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Serbia

A special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament called for June 2 – a Sunday – failed because there were too few

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast thunderstorms, heavy rain

June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for four districts for June 3 because of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church begins process of electing new Patriarch

June 2, 2024June 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church dioceses began on June 2 playing their role in the process of electing a new Patriarch. The

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 8.9% for June 2024

June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved an 8.9 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Business 

Bulgaria records 596.6M leva Budget surplus in January-April 2024

June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 596.6 million leva in the first four months of the

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