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Month: August 2024

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s second Glavchev caretaker cabinet: meet the ministers

August 27, 2024February 28, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Following last week’s contretemps that saw Bulgarian President Roumen Radev refuse to appoint a caretaker cabinet featuring controversial interior minister

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Bulgaria 

Scepticism, caution about Bulgaria’s second Glavchev caretaker government

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Reactions from parliamentary groups to the second Dimitar Glavchev caretaker government, which took the oath of office in Parliament on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s latest caretaker cabinet takes oath, October 27 early election date decreed

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

The second Dimitar Glavchev caretaker cabinet took the oath of office in the National Assembly on August 27, hours after

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Bulgaria 

European prosecutors seize assets in latest action in Bulgaria

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In the latest of actions this year announced by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia, EPPO secured the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President approves caretaker cabinet, will decree election date

August 26, 2024August 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev approved on August 26 the caretaker cabinet proposed by Dimitar Glavchev – who will have a

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Gold artifacts found in grave of Thracian horseman in Bulgaria

August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists carrying out a dig in the village of Kapitan Petko Voivoda in Bulgaria’s Topolovgrad municipality have found gold artifacts

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Bulgaria 

Outrage as Bulgarian pro-Kremlin party targets teachers opposed to homophobic law

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Outrage has ensued after the Varna branch of Bulgarian pro-Kremlin minority party Vuzrazhdane published a list of educators who signed

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Third century BCE Thracian temple found fully preserved in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A completely preserved Thracian temple, said to date from the third century BCE, has been discovered by archaeologists on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Drought, rising temperatures main causes of drinking water supply problems – officials

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Severe drought and rising temperatures are among the main causes of Bulgaria’s drinking water shortages, top officials said on August

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