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Bulgaria: Sombre mood hangs over process towards bidding to elect government

December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

A sombre, if not gloomy and pessimistic, mood pervades ahead of Bulgaria’s Parliament taking its latest steps to seek to

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Poll: Bulgarians’ basic attitudes towards LGBTI people remain unchanged in 2024, despite attacks

December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A poll by the Alpha Research agency, the results of which were released on December 11, has found that most

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Bulgaria 

Average rainfall in Bulgaria in autumn 2024 among lowest in past four years

December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Autumn 2024 in Bulgaria was cooler than autumn 2023 and 2022, but the average rainfall was one of the lowest

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Bulgaria’s two largest parliamentary groups no closer on government formation

December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s two largest parliamentary groups – Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB-UDF and the reformist We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria

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Bulgaria’s Borovets mountain resort to officially open 2024/25 winter season on December 21

December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Borovets is to officially open its 2024/25 winter season on December 21 “but if the weather

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Bulgaria: Acting Prosecutor-General Sarafov moves against former PM Petkov

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

Acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafov has moved against Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, requesting Parliament to remove Petkov’s immunity as

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Bulgaria on verge of procedure to try to get a government elected

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will on December 10 begin a process of consultations by meeting Parliament’s two largest groups, a

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More than half of pensioners in Bulgaria still working do so out of financial necessity

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

About 53 per cent of people in Bulgaria who continue working after starting to receive an old age pension do

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EU foreign policy chief: EU stands with the Syrian people

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Syria

The fall of Assad’s criminal regime marks a historic moment for the Syrian people, who have endured immense suffering and

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