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PM: Bulgaria dropped transit fee for Russian gas after Orbán threatened Schengen veto

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria has been forced to remove the tax imposed on the transit of Russian gas to Hungary and Serbia, as

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Bulgaria: Weather warnings across the country over heavy rain forecast for December 15

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau has issued warnings of hazardous and potentially hazardous weather for December 15 because of forecasts of heavy

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Bulgaria’s first air ambulance helicopter tested

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The first helicopter produced for Bulgaria’s Air Emergency Medical Service system has been rolled off the production line and taken

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Minority parties disrupt sitting of Bulgarian Parliament over dismantling of Soviet Army Monument

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

The December 14 sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly was disrupted soon after it began as MPs from three minority parliamentary

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 92 samples – NCIPD

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said that it has completed the sequencing of the latest group

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Bulgaria: Dismantling of Soviet Army Monument continues amid tight security

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

Dismantling of the figures on the Soviet Army Monument in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia continued on December 13, with police

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Bulgaria’s Parliament amends law on adoptions

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on December 13 the second and final reading of amendments to the Family Code affecting adoptions.

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Bulgarian MPs agree to amended spending on new naval patrol vessels

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on December 13 to approve an amendment to planned spending on the Navy’s new patrol vessels.

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Eurobarometer: Europeans continue to strongly support Ukraine

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Support among Europeans for a range of actions taken in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains very high, Eurobarometer

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