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Bulgaria’s Glavchev caretaker cabinet: meet the ministers (updated)

April 22, 2024September 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Dimitar Glavchev

Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev’s Cabinet took the oath of office on April 9, becoming Bulgaria’s fifth caretaker government in

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Europe 

In 2023, annual temperature for Europe was joint-highest on record

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The year 2023 was the joint warmest year on record in Europe, with 2020, at one degree Celsius above average,

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Business 

First batch of Westinghouse-manufactured nuclear fuel delivered to Bulgaria’s Kozloduy power station

April 20, 2024April 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The first delivery of nuclear fuel produced by United States company Westinghouse is at the site of the Kozloduy nuclear

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker PM’s new suggestion for foreign minister – himself

April 20, 2024April 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Dimitar Glavchev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said on April 20 that he had suggested to head of state President Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Middle East tensions: Bulgaria calls on citizens not to travel to Iran, Iraq

April 20, 2024April 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In connection with the growing risks of a deterioration of the security situation in Iraq and the region after the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast heavy rain, thunderstorms

April 20, 2024April 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for the districts of Blagoevgrad and Smolyan for April 21

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria declares May 2 a non-school day, creating six-day weekend

April 20, 2024April 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

May 2 will be a non-school day for all schools in Bulgaria, creating a six-day weekend from Labour Day to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Caretaker Foreign Minister-designate withdraws

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The imbroglio over proposed changes to Bulgaria’s interim government deepened on April 19 as caretaker Foreign Minister-designate Daniel Mitov withdrew

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes not to sit during official election campaign period

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on April 18 to not hold sittings from the start of the official campaign period ahead of

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