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Month: March 2025

Europe 

EC uses Russian assets to pay 1B euro to Ukraine as part of G7 loan

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) paid out on March 20 an additional one billion euro tranche of its exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA)

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Bulgaria 

Thousands in protest in Bulgaria’s capital to get Peevski out of power

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Delyan Peevski

Several thousand Bulgarians turned out in capital city Sofia on March 19 for a protest, organised by the Justice for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues advisory on restrictions in Istanbul

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Turkish authorities have imposed restrictions on movement on certain roads of the city, public transport and metro stops, bans on

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Europe 

EC’s White Paper proposes key lines of action to bolster European defence

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) unveiled on March 19 its White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030, including proposed stepped-up

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Europe 

Electricity from renewable sources reached 47% in EU in 2024

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff energy

In 2024, 47.4 per cent of net electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources, up by 2.6 percentage points (pp) compared with

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Bulgaria 

Last batch of new MPs takes oath in Bulgaria’s Parliament after Constitutional Court ruling

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Members of Ivelin Mihailov’s nationalist-populist Velichie party were sworn in as members of Bulgaria’s Parliament on March 19, creating the

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Bulgaria 

EC: Bulgaria had second-highest road death rate in EU in 2024 – preliminary data

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the second-highest road death rate in the European Union in 2024, the European Commission (EC) said on March

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Europe 

EU ministers approve 1.9B euro Reform and Growth Facility for Moldova

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova

European Union EU affairs ministers approved on March 18 the setting up of the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of

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Bulgaria 

Day of mourning in Bulgaria on March 18 for victims of disco fire in N Macedonia

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

March 18 will be a day of national mourning in Bulgaria for the victims of the fire at a disco

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