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Month: July 2024

Europe 

EU foreign policy chief slams Orbán’s visit to Moscow for talks with Putin

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary, Russia, Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Moscow is taking place, exclusively, in the framework of the bilateral relations between

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Europe 

EU’s new rules on vehicle safety to come into effect

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

New rules on general vehicle safety apply to all new motor vehicles sold in the European Commission from July 7 2024,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Peevski says MRF will turn down mandate to seek to form government

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) will refuse a mandate to seek to form a government, MRF parliamentary leader

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Perspectives 

Bitcoin’s remarkable journey: From store of value to medium of exchange

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 Lance Nelson

Since we first started commenting on Bitcoin’s potential (see article here), in 2016 when the price was $642, we have

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Business 

Eurostat: Increase in cocoa prices in EU slows

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In May 2024, the consumer price of cocoa and powdered chocolate in the EU was 6.3 per cent higher than in May

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Bulgaria 

First residence permits issued by Bulgaria to non-EU nationals up 22.3% in 2023 y/y

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2023, Bulgaria issued a total of 19 375 first residence permits with a validity of at least three months

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects GERB-UDF’s proposed PM

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 3 against GERB-UDF nominee Rossen Zhelyazkov becoming Prime Minister, thus defeating the first of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offering narrow-gauge railway excursions in July

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

A special narrow-gauge railway train will travel every Saturday and Sunday in July 2024 from Septemvri station to Velingrad and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings over heavy rain forecast for July 3

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

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

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