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EU ministers agree to 454.8M euro disaster relief aid for Romania, Italy and Türkiye

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Turkey, Türkiye

European Union ministers agreed on September 18 to the European Commission’s proposal to provide a total of 454.8 million euro

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 36 samples – NCIPD

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on September 18 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy destroys drone with mortar attached found near coastal village

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A Bulgarian Navy specialist team destroyed a drone that had an 82mm high-explosive mortar attached to it, found near the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian military convoy to return from multinational exercise in Germany

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Personnel and military equipment from Bulgaria’s 61st Stryam Mechanised Brigade Karlovo are to return from participation in the multinational joint

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM on farmers’ protest: Main problems already solved

September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, speaking at a special news conference on September 17 on the eve of a nationwide

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Grain producers ‘started behaving like terrorists’

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov says that Bulgarian grain producers have “in the past two days started behaving like terrorists”.

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Bulgaria 

EU ends restrictions on imports from Ukraine of four agricultural products to five EU countries, including Bulgaria

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) announced on September 15 that it was ending the temporary restrictions on imports from Ukraine of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister: Airfield for F-16s may not be ready in time

September 15, 2023May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

The air base where the Bulgarian Air Force’s F-16 fighter jets are intended to be based may not be ready

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Europe 

EC authorises second adapted vaccine against Covid-19 for EU countries’ autumn vaccination campaigns

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) has authorised the Spikevax XBB.1.5-adapted Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Moderna, the EC said on September 15.

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