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Bulgaria suspends participation in Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s government has adopted a decision to suspend the country’s participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

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Bulgaria’s FM: Two hostages of Bulgarian origin in Gaza

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

There are two hostages of Bulgarian origin in Gaza, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maria Gabriel said on

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Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral elections: Vassil Terziev elected mayor of Sofia

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria-Spasi Sofia candidate Vassil Terziev won the mayoral election in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia after

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Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral elections: GERB wins most major cities, but loses Varna

November 6, 2023April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Former Bulgarian prime minister Boiko Borissov’s party GERB won a number of the mayoral elections cities serving as the administrative

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Bulgaria 2023 mayoral elections: WCC-DB-Spasi Sofia scores near-sweep in Sofia district races

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria-Spasi Sofia candidate Vassil Terziev won the mayoral election in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia by

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In Jerusalem, PM Denkov expresses Bulgaria’s strong support for Israel

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Nikolai Denkov

Meeting Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on November 6, Bulgarian PM Nikolai Denkov – at the head of

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Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral elections: Exit poll results in major cities

November 5, 2023November 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Exit polls by polling agencies on November 5 showed what the agencies projected to be the results of mayoral run-off

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 67 samples – NCIPD

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral elections run-offs: Tussle over voting machines

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

With 30 out of thousands of voting machines out of order on November 5, the day of mayoral elections run-offs

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