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Bulgaria’s October 2024 elections: Dossier Commission discloses who worked for communist-era secret services

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, the body required by law to disclose who in various walks of public life worked for Bulgaria’s

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World Bank slightly raises economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank is projecting 2.2 per cent economic growth in Bulgaria in 2024, an increase of 0.1 percentage points

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Bulgaria 

Remembrance Day 2024 services to be held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Sofia

October 18, 2024November 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

This year’s annual Remembrance Day Services will be held in Plovdiv Central Cemetery on November 10 and in Sofia Central

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Bulgaria 

BG-Alert test: Most did not receive message

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Most people in Bulgaria did not receive messages on their phones during a scheduled test of the BG-Alert system on

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Bulgaria 

European Commission approves 330M leva in state aid for Bulgarian farmers

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on October 17 that it has approved 330 million leva, or about 168.9 million euro, in

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Media regulator re-elects Mitev as head of Bulgarian National Radio

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Meeting on October 17, Bulgaria’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) re-elected incumbent Bulgarian National Radio director-general

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force Academy gets first VR training system

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Georgi Benkovski Bulgarian Air Force Academy has received the first of its kind virtual reality system for training aviation

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman-era marble statue found in Bulgaria’s Varna

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

An exceptionally well-preserved Roman marble statue has been discovered in Varna, the Bulgarian Black Sea city’s Regional History Museum said.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria pays for free transport for Ukrainian pupils in the country

October 15, 2024October 15, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved at a meeting on October 15 a sum of 297 674 leva (about 151 000 euro)

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