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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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Business 

Bulgaria records 4.0% annual inflation in February

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded four per cent inflation in February, up from 3.8 per cent a month

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Business 

OECD: Higher and broader increases in trade barriers would hit growth around the world, add to inflation

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

Higher and broader increases in trade barriers would hit growth around the world and add to inflation, the Organisation for

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Europe 

EU foreign ministers approve third close to 3.5B euro Ukraine Facility payment to Ukraine

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

Ukraine will soon receive about 3.5 billion euro after European Union foreign ministers approved a third payment of non-repayable grants

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sends ambulances, aircraft to aid N Macedonia after disco fatal fire

March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

On the orders of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov, a Bulgarian Air Force Spartan transport aircraft flew to North Macedonia’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria offers condolences, help after 51 die in N Macedonia disco fire

March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria’s leaders have offered condolences and help after a reported 51 people died in a fire at a disco in

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Bulgaria 

Conspiracy theories and carping after Bulgaria’s election result recalculation

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2024

Conspiracy theories and recriminations have followed the March 13 ruling by Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court that resulted in a reallocation of

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