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Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Series of operations against vote-buying

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

The official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s October 2023 municipal and mayoral elections has seen a series of police operations

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Elections now would produce five-group National Assembly – poll

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, there would be a National Assembly with five groups, according to a poll

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 88 samples – NCIPD

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on October 25 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgaria 

More than half of road sections inspected in Bulgaria so far deviate from quality standards

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Deviations from quality standards were found in more than half of road sections in Bulgaria inspected in September, Minister of

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 3.9 on Richter scale close to Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake of 3.9 on the Richter scale was recorded seven kilometres east of Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv at 2.47pm

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Bulgaria 

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time on October 29 2023

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 29 2023, the final Sunday of the month, going

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: Bulgaria, Romania and Türkiye to start mine countermeasures operation in Black Sea

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Türkiye, Ukraine

Bulgaria, Romania and Türkiye will soon start a mine countermeasures operation in the Black Sea, Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Todor Tagarev

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New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January – September 2023 up 24.6% y/y

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 27 382 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January to September 2023, an increase of 24.6 per

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to Energy Act

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on October 19 that he has vetoed amendments to the country’s Energy Act, passed by

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