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EU will provide 1.9 billion euro in initial humanitarian aid for 2025

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

With more than 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2025, the European Union announced on January 16

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes Zhelyazkov government into office

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly voted into office on January 16 a coalition government headed by Rossen Zhelyazkov of Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve bill to prolong 2024 Budget Act provisions

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved at second reading on January 15 a bill extending the duration of the provisions of the

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Europe 

European auditors: EU city-dwellers still suffer from air and noise pollution

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Urban pollution continues to be a major environmental threat to health in the EU, warns a report published on January

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament amends law on top posts in judiciary

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on January 15 a bill amending the Judiciary Act, which will limit the appointment

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approves draft amendments to Foreigners Act

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

Meeting on January 15, Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved draft amendments to the Foreigners Act, to be tabled in Parliament, the

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Bulgaria 

Romania has joined Nato Battle Group in Bulgaria

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania

Starting January 2025, Romania augmented its troop and military equipment contribution to two more Nato Battle Groups operating in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government to ask Parliament to approve Javelins contract

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved at a meeting on January 15 an international contract to acquire Javelin missiles under the US

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Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF’s Zhelyazkov presents proposed government to President Radev

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony on January 15, GERB-UDF’s Rossen Zhelyazkov accepted from President Roumen Radev a mandate to seek to get

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