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Navalny’s death: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry summons Russian ambassador, but deputy head of mission attends meeting

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Russian ambassador to Bulgaria, Eleonora Mitrofanova, was summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection

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Thousands of Ukrainian refugees helped through Unicef Bulgaria’s Blue Dot hubs

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

In 2023, UNICEF Bulgaria and partners reached more than 80 000 children and caregivers via the Blue Dots protection and

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Zelenskyy aide: Ukraine grateful to Bulgaria for active participation in Peace Formula

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine is grateful to Bulgaria for its active participation in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Peace Formula, Igor Zhovkva, Zelenskyy’s chief

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Bulgarian railways offering special narrow-gauge train excursion on March 3

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There will be a special narrow-gauge train excursion from Septemvri station to Yakoruda and back to mark Liberation Day on

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Bulgaria: Year in prison, 10 000 leva fine, for vote-buying

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Shoumen has handed down a sentence of a year in prison and

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Bulgarian government funds free textbooks for pupils in municipal kindergartens, schools

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At a regular meeting on February 22, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved just more than 93 million leva for the purchase of

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Bulgaria 

Macron to Denkov: Thank you for your courage in implementing reforms and Bulgaria’s European path

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There are three main areas in which France and Bulgaria are increasingly close and which are at the heart of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker: Navalny was killed

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

According to the official information from the Kremlin regime, Alexey Navalny died, but perhaps only the most loyal to the

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of work by Gredi Assa ‘Travels’ opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on February 27

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of work by artist Gredi Assa entitled “Travels” opens at Sofia City Art Gallery in Bulgaria’s capital city

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