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Bulgaria: Talks on resolving caretaker government issue fruitless

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Talks among some of Bulgaria’s political groups on August 20 to resolve the issue of vacancies in posts eligible to

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Poll: Images of Putin, Russia have sharply deteriorated in Bulgaria

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the images of Vladimir Putin and Russia have sharply deteriorated in the eyes of Bulgarians,

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Bulgaria 

Fallout as Bulgaria’s political crisis takes new turn

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s refusal to decree the proposed caretaker cabinet because of the retention of Kalin Stoyanov in the

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Bulgarian President refuses to decree caretaker government over interior minister nominee

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria electins 2024, Roumen Radev

In an unprecedented development, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has refused to decree the caretaker government presented by

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Eurostat: Solar overtook hard coal as electricity source in EU in 2022

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy

In 2022, hard coal for the first time was overtaken by solar energy in electricity generation in the European Union, EU statistics

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Bulgarian railways puts former Deutsche Bahn carriages into service on Sofia-Varna line

August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is putting some of the recently-delivered former Deutsche Bahn carriages into service on the Sofia-Varna line

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Bulgaria had largest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in EU in Q1 2024

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Greenhouse gas emissions in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2024 were 15.2 per cent lower than in the first

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FDI in Bulgaria in H1 2024 was 387.8M euro

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first half of the year stood at 387.8 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria records 2.4% annual inflation in July

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.4 per cent inflation in July, down from 2.5 per cent a month

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