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Bulgaria: Radev announces dates of consultations ahead of bids to form a government

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Ahead of handing over the first of a possible three mandates to seek to form a government, Roumen Radev will

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EC nod for 120M leva Bulgarian state aid scheme for farmers, grain and oil crop producers

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) said on March 7 that it had approved a 120 million leva (about 61.3 million euro)

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Several Lufthansa flights between Sofia and Frankfurt, Munich cancelled on March 7 – 9

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport has announced the cancellation of a number of Lufthansa flights between the Bulgarian capital city and Frankfurt and

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GERB-UDF bewildered by ‘rushed’ vote on resignation of Denkov government

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Senior members of Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition expressed bewilderment on March 6 at what they called the rushed vote in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament accepts resignation of Denkov government

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Maria Gabriel, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 6 to accept the resignation of the Nikolai Denkov government that took office nine

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Alpha Research: 40% of Bulgarians want ‘rotation’ to Gabriel Cabinet, 27% new elections

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Forty per cent of Bulgarians want the “rotation” plan for Maria Gabriel to take over from Nikolai Denkov as Prime

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Bulgarian Prime Minister Denkov tables resignation of his government

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov tabled the resignation of his government on March 5, with the We Continue the Change-Democratic

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In Sofia, Belarusian opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya holds talks with Bulgarian leaders

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Belarus

Belarus is a sad example of how in a developed European country, with very good education, science, technology and a

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EC: Bulgaria and Romania strengthen cooperation on border and migration management

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Schengen

The European Commission (EC) said that on March 4 it was launching together with Bulgaria and Romania two Cooperation Frameworks

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