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Eurobarometer: 68% of Bulgarians oppose EU financing purchase and supply of arms to Ukraine

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Sixty-eight per cent of Bulgarians oppose the European Union financing of the purchase and supply of military equipment to Ukraine,

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Bulgaria’s January – November 2024 road death toll is 438

December 1, 2024December 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 438 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and November 30 2024, according to

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Bulgaria extends Code Orange weather warnings over forecast heavy rain, snow

November 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for five districts for December 1 because of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s latest attempt to elect Speaker fails

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Failure continues to dog Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly’s attempts to elect a Speaker, as the eighth day of the first

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast heavy rain, snow

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for the districts of Blagoevgrad and Smolyan for

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Georgia’s ambassador to Bulgaria resigns

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Georgia

Georgia’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Otar Berdzenishvili, announced on X on November 29 that he had submitted his resignation from the

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Bulgaria 

Weather bureau: Bulgaria’s November 2024 coldest since 2012

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

November 2024 in Bulgaria has been the country’s coldest November since 2012, the national meteorological bureau said. Average monthly temperatures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offers Christmas steam train rides

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

For another year, Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising Christmas train rides with a steam engine to fill young and

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Bulgaria 

Tekla Alexieva ‘Encyclopaedia of Boundlessness’ exhibition at Sofia City Art Gallery

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition of work by Tekla Alexieva entitled Encyclopaedia of Boundlessness opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on December 4

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