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Month: December 2024

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Bulgaria’s Vitosha to officially open ski season on December 26

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The official start of the ski season on Bulgaria’s Vitosha mountain, on the outskirts of capital city Sofia, will be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Radev congratulates Orbán on ‘his sober assessment of the geopolitical processes and the challenges we face’

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Hungary, Roumen Radev, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, speaking on December 20 at a joint briefing in Sofia with his guest Hungarian Prime Minister

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Europe 

EC proposes suspending visa-free travel for officials from Georgia

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Georgia

The European Commission (EC) said on December 20 that it is proposing to suspend part of the EU-Georgia Agreement on

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Europe 

EU leaders condemn support of third countries that enables Russia to sustain its war

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union leaders strongly condemned the support of third countries, including third country actors and entities, that enable Russia to

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Bulgaria 

Nato chief Rutte thanks Bulgaria: ‘Immense contribution to shared security’

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Ukraine

Visiting Bulgaria on December 19 for the first time as Nato Secretary General, Mark Rutte expressed his thanks to the

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Bulgaria 

Debacle scuppers signing of Bulgaria’s security agreement with Ukraine

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Dimitar Glavchev, Nikolai Denkov, Ukraine

The debacle that is scuppering the signing of a security cooperation agreement between Bulgaria and Ukraine continued on December 19,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Borissov tight-lipped on negotiations on a government

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB-UDF coalition – the largest group in Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly and which thus

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Europe 

EC releases 18.1B euro in financial assistance for Ukraine

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) decided on December 18 to make available an 18.1 billion euro macro-financial assistance (MFA) loan to Ukraine,

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Business 

EC report: Non-EU nationals helped the EU labour market stay strong in 2023

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union labour market remained strong in 2023, despite economic slowdown, with historically low unemployment and 5.5 million jobs created since 2019,

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