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Official: Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections will be ‘two-in-one’ with European Parliament elections

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has signed decrees on the Dimitar Glavchev caretaker government and on the holding

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Bulgaria 

Pope appoints new head of Roman Catholic church in Bulgaria

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the eparchy of Saint John XXIII for Catholic faithful

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to hold special sitting for swearing-in of Glavchev caretaker government

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024

The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Rossen Zhelyazkov, has convened a special sitting of Parliament on April 9 at 9am for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s warm weather: Just one mountain resort’s ski zone still open

April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko is the country’s only ski destination still continuing its season, after Borovets and Pamporovo ended

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Eurostat: Bulgaria had highest increase in prices of meat in EU in February y/y

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In February 2024, most European Union countries reported an increase in prices for meat, compared with February 2023, EU statistics

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker PM-designate Glavchev presents nominees for interim government

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024, Dimitar Glavchev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister-designate Dimitar Glavchev presented on April 5 his nominees for the caretaker government that is to take

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors charge head of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency, critics allege link to elections

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Prosecutors in Bulgaria have lodged charges of participating in an organised crime group against the head of the Customs Agency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing government lists what it sees as its achievements

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria’s outgoing Nikolai Denkov government published a list on April 4 of what it sees as its achievements in office.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry decides to buy seven double-decker trains from Polish firm

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing Minister of Transport and Communications, Georgi Gvozdeikov, signed on April 4 decision to select a contractor for the

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