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Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on January 25 a draft memorandum of understanding between the governments of Bulgaria and Türkiye regarding cross-border
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed at a meeting on January 25 to extend temporary protection for people displaced by Russia’s war on
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The seventh sitting of Sofia city council, held on January 25 2024, again failed to elect a council chairperson, though
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The European Commission said on January 25 that it opened four new infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to notify
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The district of Pazardzhik has become Bulgaria’s eighth to declare an influenza epidemic, with anti-epidemic measures to be in effect
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The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has elected Diana Kovacheva as judge to the European Court of Human Rights
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At a sitting on January 24, the Bulgarian Parliament approved an amendment to the National Assembly regulations ending the practice
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Checks at Swiss airports for people travelling to and from Bulgaria and Romania will be abolished, Switzerland’s Federal Council decided
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This season’s night skiing on Bulgaria’s Vitosha mountain, on the outskirts of capital city Sofia, is to begin on January
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