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Bulgarian competition regulator clears Tawal deal to buy telecom towers

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled to approve the proposed sale of United Group’s mobile telephony towers

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World 

NASA: July 2023 was hottest month on record ever since 1880

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, July 2023 was hotter than any

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian embassy ‘not informed’ of UK holding three nationals for allegedly spying for Russia

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Bulgarian embassy in London had not been informed by authorities in the UK that they had taken into custody

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister: Only isolated cases affected by Russian revocation of licences

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

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Todor Tagarev reacted on August 15 to reports that Russia intended revoking Bulgarian businesses’ licences to repair

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy steps up anti-mine surveillance after blast at Romanian resort

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Navy has stepped up anti-mine surveillance to ensure the safety of shipping, following reports about an explosion on August

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister: Protection of Black Sea is top priority for Nato

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

Because of the changed situation, Nato has defined the protection of the Black Sea as top priority, Bulgaria’s Defence Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Arrests as European prosecutor’s office probes railway works worth over 241M euro

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia has carried out searches yesterday at numerous locations, in an investigation into

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Bulgaria 

Administration of Bulgaria’s capital cannot say when Soviet Army Monument will be removed

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The district administration of Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia said on August 11 that it could not commit to a specific

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria signs 9.5M euro contract for overhaul of six MiG-29 engines in Poland

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry has signed a contract worth more than 9.55 million euro with Polish state company Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze

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