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Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomats

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria is expelling 70 Russian diplomats who worked against Bulgaria’s interests, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told journalists on June 28,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: WCC hits out at President over decision to end consultations

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

The Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) party has described as “strange” President Roumen Radev’s announcement of the

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Bulgarian railways adds two additional Sofia – Bourgas night trains

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Two additional night trains will travel during the summer season between Sofia and Bourgas via the Sub-Balkan rail route, as

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Europe 

Electricity trade between Ukraine and EU to start on June 30

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity announced on June 28 that electricity trade between Ukraine and the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s WCC party begins formal consultations on proposed government

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) party’s national council gave a mandate on June 28 to start

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Bulgaria 

Statistical institute publishes causes of deaths in Bulgaria in 2021

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) published on June 28 statistics on causes of deaths in 2021, showing that diseases of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia becomes Covid-19 yellow zone

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has risen above the threshold to be reclassified from a Covid-19 green zone to a yellow

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Bulgaria: Delays in consultations push back start of bids to form government

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s round of political consultations with parliamentary groups, ahead of handing over a mandate to seek to

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Europe 

EU energy ministers agree new gas storage capacities rules

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

European Union energy ministers adopted on June 17 a regulation aiming to ensure that gas storage capacities in the EU

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