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Bulgaria to include data on long-term, permanent residents in crime prevention system

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government has approved a change to an ordinance so that information on long-term and permanent residents may be included

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Bulgaria’s government transfers 81M leva for costs of April’s early elections

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s government approved 81 million leva to meet the actual costs of the country’s April 2

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Bulgarian army vehicles, personnel head for Saber Junction exercise in Germany

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Personnel and equipment from the 61st Stryamska Mechanised Brigade will travel along Bulgaria’s national road network from their base in

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Super Blue Moon on August 30: Partly cloudy skies over most of Bulgaria

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The night of August 30 2023 sees a Super Blue Moon, with forecasts suggesting that the night sky over most

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Bulgarian PM: Countries of Balkans will be strong only if they stand together

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The countries of the Balkan Peninsula must understand that we will only be strong if we stand together. This is

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Bulgaria proposes Slovenian involvement in Kozloduy new reactors project

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov has proposed to his Slovenian counterpart Robert Golob that Slovenia be involved in the project

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As Bulgaria’s Parliament set to resume, so do squabbles in ruling majority

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly will resume sitting on September 1, with the end of the summer recess, and the run-up is

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Bulgaria issues repeated assurances about cleanliness of sea water

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The weeks of Bulgaria’s peak holiday season, accompanied by a long spell of scorching heat, have seen Bulgaria’s authorities issuing

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Bulgaria: Soviet Army Monument in Sofia fenced off on safety grounds

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Workers began to fence off the controversial Soviet Army Monument in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on August 25, following a

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