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Bulgaria begins immunising with new vaccine against Covid-19 subvariant

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria began administering the new vaccine targeting Covid-19’s Omicron’s XBB 1.5 subvariant on September 27, with 755 people getting the

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EBRD revises economic growth forecasts for Bulgaria for 2023, 2024

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

In its September 2023 Regional Economic Prospects report, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised its economic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes to supply unserviceable S-300 missiles to Ukraine

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In an unconventional procedure, Bulgaria’s Parliament voted behind closed doors on September 27 to supply unserviceable S-300 missiles to Ukraine,

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Bulgaria 

Three arrested in Bulgaria in probe into EU agricultural funds fraud

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia, Bulgaria’s anti-organised crime squad  arrested three people and carried

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Bulgaria 

Tussle over ‘Russian Church’ in Bulgaria’s capital after ‘clergy’ expelled as threat to national security

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia

The “Russian Church” in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is the subject of a tussle that has been going on for

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Bulgaria 

Proposal for Bulgaria to give unserviceable S-300 missiles to Ukraine

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Members of Parliament from GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms have tabled a

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Bulgaria 

US, Bulgaria sign deal on combating disinformation

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States and Bulgaria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on September 25 that increases cooperation to counter foreign

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Ukraine confers state honour on two Bulgarian politicians

September 25, 2023September 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Bulgaria congratulates Member of Parliament Manol Peykov and the chairperson of the

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Europe 

Ukraine: Rape and torture by Russian forces continuing – UN rights experts

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

There is continuous evidence that Russian armed forces are committing war crimes in Ukraine, including unlawful attacks with explosive weapons,

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