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South African tourism promoted at event in Bulgaria’s capital

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

There is untapped value regarding outbound tourism from Bulgaria to South Africa, the country’s ambassador Thabo Thage told an event

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Business 

Bulgaria’s competition body targets retail chains, producers in probes into alleged food prices collusion

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) said on March 23 that it had initiated three proceedings to investigate alleged collusion on

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Europe 

EC: 2000 Ukrainian patients transferred to European hospitals since start of war

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Since the start of Russia’s February 2022 war on Ukraine, more than 2000 Ukrainian patients have been transferred to receive

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Europe 

First-time asylum applicants in EU up 64% in 2022

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2022, a total of 881 200 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in European Union countries, up by 64 per cent compared

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government extends accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

At a meeting on March 22, Bulgaria’s caretaker government extended to April 20 2023 the accommodation scheme for Ukrainians fleeing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian extradited to US to face charges in connection with OneCoin

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian national Irina Dilkinska has been extradited to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Candidate MPs who worked for communist State Security named

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, the body empowered by statute to disclose the names of those in public life who worked for

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Bulgaria 

Clocks in Bulgaria change to summer daylight saving time at 3am on March 26 2023

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 26 2023 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Business 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog sees food prices as unjustifiably high, suspects cartel

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The “significant” rise in wholesale and retail food prices in Bulgaria in not justified by prices charged by producers and

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