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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry sets up coordination centre on Middle East situation

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

By order of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov, and under the personal leadership of Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, a Coordination

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Europe 

EU agrees to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

European Union ministers have voiced their unanimous support for a proposal to extend the temporary protection for the more than

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Bulgaria 

World-famous cellist HAUSER to perform in Bulgaria’s capital in December 2025

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

After more than three years on stage, with hundreds of concerts and millions of fans in different corners of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry says it is following with deep concern recent developments in Middle East

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on June 13 that it is following with deep concern the recent developments in the Middle

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Bulgaria 

Middle East conflict: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues advisories, PM, President hold emergency meetings

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory on June 13 as conflicts in the Middle East escalated. The advisory came as

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Bulgaria 

Middle East conflict: Flights between Bulgaria and Israel cancelled

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Iran, Israel

The vast majority of June 13 flights between Bulgaria and Israel were cancelled as the conflict in the Middle East

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Alpha Research: 46.5% of Bulgarian public, 66% of businesses favour country joining euro

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

A total of 46.5 per cent of the Bulgarian public are in favour of the country joining the euro, 46.8

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues warning about unrest in some places in Northern Ireland

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In connection with the mass unrest in certain cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the

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Europe 

EU adopts new tariffs on Russian and Belarusian agricultural goods and fertilisers

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

European Union ministers have adopted a regulation, to take effect on July 1, that imposes new tariffs on the remaining agricultural

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