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Eurobarometer: 57% of Bulgarians oppose EU financing purchase and supply of military equipment to Ukraine

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Fifty-seven per cent of Bulgarians oppose the European Union financing the purchase and supply of military equipment to Ukraine, according

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian ambassador to Bulgaria: Peace means victory of Ukraine in this barbaric, imperialist war

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Peace means the victory of Ukraine in this barbaric, imperialist war, Ukrainian ambassador Vitaly Moskalenko told Bulgarian National Television in

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Bulgaria 

Bucharest Nine: Russia is the most significant and direct threat to Allied security

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia is the most significant and direct threat to Allied security, according to a declaration adopted on February 22 by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Project for forum areas in central Plovdiv presented

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The plans drafted by the team of architects, engineers and archaeologists that won the public contract for a design for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government extends accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has extended until March 31 2023 the programme for accommodation of Ukrainian refugees, the government information service

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Bulgaria 

War in Ukraine: 52% of Bulgarians worried about security in Europe – poll

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A poll done close to the first anniversary of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has found that 52 per

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Bulgaria 

Protest to be held in Bulgaria’s capital in solidarity with Ukraine, against President Radev’s stance

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

On February 24 2023, precisely a year since Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine, a march will be held in solidarity

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Bulgaria 

World Jewish Congress denounces Neo-Nazi Lukov March, urges Bulgaria to again ban event 

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) condemns in the strongest possible terms the neo-Nazi Lukov March set for February 25 2023,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court ruling bans any legal change of a person’s gender

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The civil college of Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has ruled that the country’s current legislation did not allow

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