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LGBTI activists send open letter to mayor after extremists disrupt Sofia Pride Film Fest

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Rights organisation LGBTI Deystvie has sent an open letter to Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova following a June 10 incident in

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Bulgaria 

Prime Minister: Rumours Bulgaria will send troops to Ukraine are work of lie factories

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria sending troops to Ukraine has never been discussed in any way and “and as long as I am Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Far-right demonstrators block screening at Sofia Pride Film Fest

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Demonstrators, several wearing t-shirts with the logo of the pro-Kremlin party Vuzrazhdane, prevented the screening of a film that is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government: No excessive pollution of Bulgarian Black Sea after Kakhovka dam destruction

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

There is no data indicating excessive pollution of the Bulgarian Black Sea following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam

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Bulgaria 

US military to participate in Thracian Sentry 2023 exercise in Bulgaria

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 70 military personnel from the Tennessee Army and Air National Guard will arrive at the Sofia Airport on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Defence Minister holds talks with Ukrainian ambassador

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The possibilities of Bulgaria providing humanitarian and military-technical assistance to Ukraine were discussed at a meeting between Defence Minister Todor

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria with new record high number of ‘excellent’ sites in EU bathing waters survey

June 9, 2023May 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria recorded the highest number of coastal bathing waters meeting the “excellent quality” standards in 2022, the latest European Environment

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Bulgaria 

Kakhovka destruction: Protest outside Russian embassy in Bulgaria’s capital on June 9

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

The Mother Ukraine association of Ukrainian organisations in Bulgaria is to hold a protest outside the Russian embassy in Sofia

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Bulgaria 

European Green Deal: EU pays 197M euro to Bulgaria

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The European Union’s Modernisation Fund paid out 197 million euro to Bulgaria on June 8 for the modernisation of the

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