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Bulgaria to introduce military education classes for grade 9 and 10 pupils

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved on April 26 an ordinance on military training classes for school pupils in the ninth and

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Bulgaria 

Fees at two-thirds of universities in Bulgaria to increase

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-two universities in Bulgaria are increasing their tuition fees for the 2023/24 academic year while 11 are leaving their fees

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Bulgaria’s caretaker government further extends accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has decided to further prolong the system for supporting accommodation for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war on their

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Eurostat: Electricity, gas prices in EU showing signs of stabilising after records in 2022

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

After a significant increase in prices that started before the Russian invasion of Ukraine but skyrocketed up to the second

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Bulgaria 

Close to 18 000 students at universities in Bulgaria are foreigners

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 17 593 students at universities in Bulgaria in the 2022/23 academic year studying for bachelor’s or master’s

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Bulgaria probes claim bank is laundering money for Russian oligarchs

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office said on April 25 that it had instructed the State Agency for National Security (SANS)

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Europe 

EC pays further 1.5B euro macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

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

The European Commission (EC) said on April 15 it had made a third payment of 1.5 billion euro under the Macro-financial Assistance (MFA)+ package for Ukraine, worth up

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Bulgaria 

Borissov wants to see who would be in a WCC-Democratic Bulgaria government

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF and the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition held a 40-minute leaders meeting on April 25, with

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Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF invites We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria to leaders meeting

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF says that it has invited We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria to a leaders meeting in the Parliament

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