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Copernicus Global Climate Report 2024 confirms last year as the warmest on record

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The Copernicus Global Climate Highlights Report 2024, published on January 10, confirms 2024 as the warmest year on record and the first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government amends regulations on visas

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

At a regular meeting on January 8, Bulgaria’s caretaker government adopted a decree amending and supplementing regulations on the conditions

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF resumes talks on a government, but without Democratic Bulgaria

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF has resumed negotiations on a government, the coalition confirmed on January 8, but only with the Bulgarian

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in November 2024 was 3.9%

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in November 2024 was 3.9 per cent, down from four per cent in October 2024 and down

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Bulgaria 

Meteorological bureau: 2024 was Bulgaria’s warmest year since 1930

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The year 2024 was the warmest year for Bulgaria since 1930, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology said in

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘Picasso: Graphics from the National Gallery Collection’ opens at Kvadrat 500 on January 8

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Picasso: Graphics from the National Gallery Collection” opens at Hall 24 of the National Gallery’s Kvadrat 500

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has spent more than 145M leva on Covid-19 vaccines that it scrapped

January 5, 2025January 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria has spent more than 145 million leva on more than five million doses of vaccines that it scrapped between

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Business 

New EU rules to improve gender balance on corporate boards now apply

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union’s Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive entered into application at the end of 2024, aiming for a more balanced gender

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Bulgaria 

New access system, traffic organisation at Sofia Airport’s Terminal 2

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

SOF Connect, the operator of Sofia Airport, announced on January 3 the introduction of new access system and traffic organization

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