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Bulgarian Orthodox Church to elect new Patriarch on June 30

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A Patriarchal Electoral Church Council will meet on June 30 to elect a new Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church,

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Bulgaria 

Military equipment to transit Bulgaria by train from Greece to Romania

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

From March 19 to 24, military equipment will be transported by train from Greece to Romania, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said.

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Bulgaria 

EU approves extra 5B euro in military support for Ukraine

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union decided on March 18 to increase the financial ceiling of the European Peace Facility

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Bulgaria 

Negotiations between GERB-UDF and We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria continue

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Negotiations between GERB-UDF and We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria on a government are continuing, GERB-UDF’s Prime Minister candidate Maria Gabriel

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EU: Russian voters had no real choice

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The presidential elections held by Russia on March 15-17 took place in a highly restricted environment exacerbated also by Russia’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF accepts mandate to seek to form government

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

GERB-UDF accepted a mandate on March 18 to seek to form a government, naming Maria Gabriel as its Prime Minister-designate.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF to ‘give up’ bid to form government

March 17, 2024March 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In a moment of melodrama at a late-night news conference on March 17, GERB-UDF’s chief negotiator on a possible new

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Bulgaria 

Noon against Putin: Protests outside Russian embassy in Bulgaria’s capital against ‘election’

March 17, 2024March 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Hundreds of Russian citizens queued up at noon in front of the Russian embassy in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit buried at St Nedelya church after funeral procession

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Senior Bulgarian Orthodox Church and other clergy, state and government leaders, a military band and large numbers of lay people

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