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Bulgaria: Several MRF regional structures, youth wing, side with Dogan against Peevski

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Several regional structures of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms issued similarly-worded statements on July 11 affirming support for MRF

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Dangerous weather warning issued for all of Bulgaria over sizzling temperatures

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Code Orange warning of dangerous weather has been issued for all of Bulgaria for July 12 because of forecast

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Bulgaria, Romania, Greece sign letter of intent on harmonised military mobility corridor

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Nato, Romania

Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and Romanian Defence Minister Angel Tîlvãr have signed a

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Bulgaria: Movement for Rights and Freedoms expels 17 MPs from parliamentary group, then another one quits

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has expelled 17 MPs from its parliamentary group, a move that was followed

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Bulgaria: War in the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – Peevski scorns Dogan’s call to resign

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The civil war in Bulgarian political party the Movement for Rights and Freedoms blazed into naked conflict on the night

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War in the Movement for Rights and Freedoms: Dogan calls for Peevski to resign as leader

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Amid the turbulent power struggle in the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF founder and honorary president Ahmed Dogan issued

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Bulgaria’s heatwave: Free mineral water in Varna, Sofia, warnings on some dam levels

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

With temperatures in Bulgaria continuing to soar in what is forecast to be a record hot July, Varna municipality has

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Bulgaria offers recovery treatment for children who survived Russian missile attack on hospital

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Ivaylo Ivanov, has proposed that children who survived the rocket attack on

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Turmoil in Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms continues

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The turmoil in Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) entered its latest day on July 9, as a group

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