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US State Dept approves possible $1.5B sale of Stryker vehicles to Bulgaria

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The State Department has approved the possible sale to Bulgaria of Stryker vehicles and related equipment for an estimated cost

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Bulgaria’s PM: Powers of president should be reformulated to restore separation of powers

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov, Roumen Radev

The powers of the president should be reformulated to restore the principle of the separation of powers, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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UK military to transit Bulgaria on way to Nato’s Steadfast Jupiter exercise in Romania

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Military personnel and military equipment from the UK armed forces will cross into Bulgaria from Greece at the Kapitan Petko

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Bulgaria records lowest number of Covid-19 deaths in a month in 2023

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first eight months of 2023 is 339

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 339 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first eight months of 2023, according to

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Bulgaria 

Regional health inspectorate: No dangerous pollution on Bulgaria’s southern coast

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Tests of sea water samples taken from 30 places along Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast have found no dangerous pollution

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy destroys unexploded ordnance found on Obzor beach

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Navy specialists destroyed on August 31 unexploded ordnance found on the beach at Obzor, the Defence Ministry said. The

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Bulgaria 

Tagarev: Bulgaria backs view that long-term commitment by EU to Ukraine needed

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria fully shares the opinion on the need for a long-term commitment of the European Union in support of Ukraine,

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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry top official resigns, after clash between government and president

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Interior Ministry chief secretary Petar Todorov said on August 30 that he was submitting his resignation, the latest development

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