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Some Sofia – Tel Aviv flights cancelled

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Against the background of the attack on Israel by the Hamas terrorist organisation, some flights connecting Sofia and Tel Aviv

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Bulgaria 

Israeli ambassador on Hamas: Beasts who do things democratic societies cannot imagine

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Since the October 7 launch of Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, there have been more than 800 Israeli victims, among

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Bulgaria 

Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel: Bulgarian PM held meeting of anti-terrorism HQ

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

There is no increased threat of terrorist acts in Bulgaria as a result of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria condemns Hamas terrorist attack on Israel

October 7, 2023October 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov issued a statement on October 7 categorically condemning Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel and the

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Bulgaria 

First-reading flop in Bulgaria’s Parliament for amendments to constitution

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s constitution failed on October 6 to get sufficient votes to be approved at first reading, but

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 94 samples – NCIPD

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on October 6 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Pupils at some schools in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv go over to distance learning

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Pupils at four classes at four schools in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv have gone over to distance learning because of

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Bulgaria 

Europol: Drivers’ migrant smuggling cell dismantled in Bulgaria, with five arrests

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

On October 4, European police cooperation agency Europol supported Bulgarian authorities in dismantling a migrant smuggling group active at the

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Bulgaria has pupil-teacher ratio below EU average

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had a pupil-teacher ratio of 11.1 in 2021, down from 11.4 in 2020, and below the EU average, according

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