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Eurostat: 22.5% of Bulgaria’s population unable to keep home warm in 2022

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 22.5 per cent of Bulgaria’s population were unable to keep their home adequately warm in 2022, the

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Bulgaria 

Tap water in Bulgaria’s flood-hit Tsarevo remains unfit for drinking

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The ban on drinking tap water in Tsarevo municipality continues to apply, after the latest tests showed it was still

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Construction of new Jewish educational and cultural centre in Bulgaria’s capital begins

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A ceremony was held on September 10 to mark the start of construction of the Organization of the Jews in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Radev has exceeded powers, but impeachment not a good idea

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov, Roumen Radev

President Roumen Radev has several times exceeded the powers that the constitution gives him, providing grounds for impeachment, but proceeding

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Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursions in September

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering two steam train excursions, on September 22 and 23, during the country’s Independence Day

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Ukrainian ambassador to Bulgaria likens Putin to Hitler and Stalin

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In a television interview on September 9, Ukraine’s ambassador to Bulgaria Olesya Ilashchuk said that Vladimir Putin and the political

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Bulgaria 

September 9 protest demands immediate removal of Soviet Army Monument in Bulgaria’s capital

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Protesters holding Bulgarian flags and posters with anti-communist slogans turned out on September 9 to demand the immediate removal of

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Bulgaria 

Succession of quakes near Bulgaria’s Blagoevgrad

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A succession of earthquakes rattled Bulgaria’s Blagoevgrad on September 9, the strongest being one at 8.25am of 3.7 on the

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Bulgaria’s PM: Flood damage on southern coast is more than 30M leva, funding available

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The damage from this week’s floods along the southern Black Sea coast and Strandzha is more than 30 million leva,

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