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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Speed-dating and hasty legislating

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Roumen Radev

In a controversial move, Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on March 29 the first reading of amendments to laws to attempt to

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Bulgaria’s Parliament hastily amending laws in bid to resolve caretaker PM issue

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament hastily leapt into the process of amending laws on March 29 in a bid to resolve issues related

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Bulgarian railways BDZ, Deutsche Bahn conclude contract for supply of 76 modernised carriages

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

BDZ-Passenger Transport and Deutsche Bahn signed on March 29 a contract for the supply of 76 modernised passenger carriages, Bulgaria’s

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Declarations in Parliament mark 20 years of Bulgaria’s membership of Nato

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Declarations in Parliament on March 29 marked the 20th anniversary of Bulgaria’s accession to Nato. Parliament’s largest group, GERB-UDF, described

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Bulgarian railways amends timetables on March 30 and 31 as clocks change to daylight saving

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

As clocks in Bulgaria are changed to summer daily saving time overnight this weekend, all trains running after 3am on

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Earthquake of 3.8 on Richter scale close to Bulgaria’s Devin

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake of 3.8 on the Richter scale was recorded four kilometres southwest of the Bulgarian town of Devin at

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Clocks in Bulgaria change to summer daylight saving time at 3am on March 31 2024

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 31 2024 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Radev auditions candidate caretaker PMs as Bulgaria heads to early elections

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on March 28 that he was starting today with meetings with all the potential caretaker

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European prosecutors search Bulgarian ski resort in probe into Covid-19 subsidy fraud

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, is leading searches in two hotels in a Bulgarian ski

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