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Imports from Ukraine: Bulgarian PM speaks after talks with protesters

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian sunflower seeds will not be allowed into Bulgaria until the grain producers and the government have set a quota,

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Agriculture Minister: We are asking Ukraine to withhold exports to Bulgaria pending clarity

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s government is insisting that Ukraine withholds exports to Bulgaria until the goods, quantities and mechanisms for licensing regimes are

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 36 samples – NCIPD

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on September 18 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgarian Navy destroys drone with mortar attached found near coastal village

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A Bulgarian Navy specialist team destroyed a drone that had an 82mm high-explosive mortar attached to it, found near the

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Bulgarian military convoy to return from multinational exercise in Germany

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Personnel and military equipment from Bulgaria’s 61st Stryam Mechanised Brigade Karlovo are to return from participation in the multinational joint

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Bulgaria’s PM on farmers’ protest: Main problems already solved

September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, speaking at a special news conference on September 17 on the eve of a nationwide

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Bulgaria’s PM: Grain producers ‘started behaving like terrorists’

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov says that Bulgarian grain producers have “in the past two days started behaving like terrorists”.

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Bulgaria 

EU ends restrictions on imports from Ukraine of four agricultural products to five EU countries, including Bulgaria

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) announced on September 15 that it was ending the temporary restrictions on imports from Ukraine of

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Bulgaria’s Defence Minister: Airfield for F-16s may not be ready in time

September 15, 2023May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

The air base where the Bulgarian Air Force’s F-16 fighter jets are intended to be based may not be ready

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