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Month: June 2024

Europe 

Two initiatives signed to bolster protection of Nato skies

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Two initiatives were signed in the margins of this week’s meeting of Nato Defence Ministers, strengthening Allies’ ability to train

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Bulgaria 

Virtuoso violinist Vasko Vassilev to star at free concert in Plovdiv

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Opera Plovdiv and Plovdiv municipality are inviting residents of Plovdiv and visitors to the city to a festive gala concert

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: I will not be GERB-UDF’s candidate Prime Minister

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov told a news conference on June 13 that he would not be his coalition’s candidate Prime

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Europe 

EU law on combatting violence against women enters into force

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

As of June 13, the first ever EU rules on combating violence against women and domestic violence enter into force, the European

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Bulgaria 

IME report: Discrimination against LGBTI people costs Bulgaria billions of dollars a year

June 13, 2024June 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria loses between $2.4 and 4.9 billion of additional GDP per year due to discrimination against LGBTI people, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Weather warnings over heavy rain, storms forecast for June 14

June 13, 2024June 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national weather bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for several districts for June 14 because

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s June 2024 European Parliament elections: CEC announces seat distribution

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

At a meeting on the evening of June 12, Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) formally decided on the distribution of

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Bulgaria 

Controversy surrounds Bulgarian Parliament’s new-entrant party

June 12, 2024June 13, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Controversy surrounds Velichie, the populist-nationalist party that is a surprise new entrant to Bulgaria’s National Assembly following the country’s June

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Business 

World Bank again slightly lowers economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank has slightly lowered its economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024, to 2.1 per cent, a reduction

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