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Bulgaria’s January – May 2024 road death toll is 147

June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 147 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads between January 1 and May 31 2024, according to

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Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 to honour memory of Botev, all who died for country’s freedom

June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Sirens will sound across Bulgaria for two minutes at noon on June 2 2024 in an annual custom honouring the

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

May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament 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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Bulgaria’s June 2024 elections: Denkov challenges Borissov to debate

May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2024, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria’s former prime minister Nikolai Denkov of the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition has challenged GERB-UDF coalition leader Boiko

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Bulgaria scores highly again in EU’s annual bathing waters survey

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria has further improved its score in the European Environment Agency (EEA) annual report on the quality of bathing waters

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HIMARS, Starlink part of Bulgaria’s Thracian Warror 24 exercise

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Firing of a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), use of Starlink satellite network terminals and drones will be part

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Council of Europe body: Bulgaria strengthened its preventive framework to combat money laundering, financing of terrorism

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has improved its measures for tackling money laundering and combating financing of terrorism, Council of Europe body the Committee

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Nato chief in Sofia: Bulgaria is a valued and reliable Nato ally

May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria is a valued and reliable Nato ally, the Alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Sofia on May 27

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Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister: Nato does not intend military action against Russia

May 26, 2024May 26, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato does not intend to engage in military action against Russia, Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov said in a

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