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Bulgaria’s PM, broadcast regulator chief tangle over disinformation

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and the head of the country’s broadcast media regulator, Council for Electronic Media (CEM) chief

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Bulgaria’s Parliament approves further amendments to Protection Against Domestic Violence Act

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

At a special sitting on August 7, Bulgaria’s Parliament approved the second and final reading of amendments to the Protection

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Bulgarian MPs overturn President’s veto on amendments to Judiciary Act

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has overturned President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s Judiciary Act. The vote on the

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Bulgarian palaeontologists: New finds of remains of Late Cretaceous reptiles

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The expedition by palaeontologists from the National Museum of Natural History at the Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna site near Trun

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Bulgarian PM: Fears being deliberately planted against the euro are largely unfounded

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Russia, Ukraine

The fears that are deliberately planted against the euro are largely unfounded, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said on August

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria offers help to flood-hit Slovenia and Austria

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has offered help to Slovenia and Austria to cope with the severe floods that have hit the two countries,

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Bulgaria: Widest possible international cooperation needed to end war in Ukraine

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The widest possible international cooperation is a necessary prerequisite for stopping hostilities in Ukraine, as well as for preventing stagnation

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Bulgaria hosts joint US-Bulgarian military exercise Thracian Summer 2023

August 5, 2023August 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

For the latest year, Bulgaria will host the joint air force exercise Thracian Summer 2023, from August 5 to 20

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Hull of first of two new Bulgarian Navy patrol vessels launched

August 5, 2023August 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The hull of the first of two new Bulgarian Navy multi-role modular patrol vessels was launched on August 4 at

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