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Bulgarian leaders welcome Sweden’s accession to Nato

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgarian government leaders have welcomed Sweden’s accession to Nato. Sweden became Nato’s newest member on March 7, on depositing its

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Five groups would win seats – poll

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

If Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections – scheduled for June 9 2024 – were held now, five groups would win seats,

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Bulgaria: Radev announces dates of consultations ahead of bids to form a government

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Ahead of handing over the first of a possible three mandates to seek to form a government, Roumen Radev will

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EC nod for 120M leva Bulgarian state aid scheme for farmers, grain and oil crop producers

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) said on March 7 that it had approved a 120 million leva (about 61.3 million euro)

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Several Lufthansa flights between Sofia and Frankfurt, Munich cancelled on March 7 – 9

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport has announced the cancellation of a number of Lufthansa flights between the Bulgarian capital city and Frankfurt and

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GERB-UDF bewildered by ‘rushed’ vote on resignation of Denkov government

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Senior members of Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition expressed bewilderment on March 6 at what they called the rushed vote in

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New automated boarding pass checking system at Sofia Airport’s Terminal 2

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

SOF Connect, the operator of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria’s capital city, presented on March 6 the new automated boarding pass

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Bulgaria’s Parliament accepts resignation of Denkov government

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Maria Gabriel, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 6 to accept the resignation of the Nikolai Denkov government that took office nine

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Alpha Research: 40% of Bulgarians want ‘rotation’ to Gabriel Cabinet, 27% new elections

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Forty per cent of Bulgarians want the “rotation” plan for Maria Gabriel to take over from Nikolai Denkov as Prime

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