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Caretaker PM: It is not true that Bulgaria will become an ‘indefinite donor’ to Ukraine

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Dimitar Glavchev, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

There is no way that Bulgaria will become an open-ended donor to Ukraine, at least because funds must be provided

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Bulgarian Parliament’s smallest group disintegrates amid acrimony

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The parliamentary group of eccentric nationalist-populist party Velichie, which in June won seats in Bulgaria’s National Assembly for the first

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Archaeology: Field studies to begin on Roman-era Erite site on Bulgaria’s coast

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet this week granted the National History Museum free use for three years of a site close to

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Bulgaria: Peevski says MRF will turn down mandate to seek to form government

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) will refuse a mandate to seek to form a government, MRF parliamentary leader

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First residence permits issued by Bulgaria to non-EU nationals up 22.3% in 2023 y/y

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2023, Bulgaria issued a total of 19 375 first residence permits with a validity of at least three months

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Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects GERB-UDF’s proposed PM

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 3 against GERB-UDF nominee Rossen Zhelyazkov becoming Prime Minister, thus defeating the first of

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Bulgarian railways offering narrow-gauge railway excursions in July

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

A special narrow-gauge railway train will travel every Saturday and Sunday in July 2024 from Septemvri station to Velingrad and

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings over heavy rain forecast for July 3

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for seven districts for July 3 because of

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European Commission approves 50M leva in state aid for Bulgarian Posts

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on July 2 that it has approved 50 million leva, or about 25.5 million euro, in

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