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Turkish military equipment to transit Bulgaria en route to Kosovo

June 3, 2023June 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

On June 4 and 5, personnel and equipment of the armed forces of Türkiye will pass through Bulgaria to join

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WCC-Democratic Bulgaria, GERB-UDF deal on government: Candidate ministers announced

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov announced at a joint briefing with GERB-UDF’s Maria Gabriel on

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 92 samples – NCIPD

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has announced the results of sequencing the latest group of samples

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Bulgaria 

Denkov on WCC-Democratic Bulgaria + GERB-UDF government talks: ‘We are making progress’

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, speaking on June 1 after several hours of negotiations with

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EC opens infringement cases against Bulgaria on money laundering, fighting fraud

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on June 1 that it opened two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria and was advancing the infringement

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 57 deaths in Bulgaria

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 57 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first five months of 2023 is 189

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 189 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2023, according to

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Bulgaria 

Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Sirens will sound across Bulgaria for two minutes at noon on June 2 2023 in an annual custom honouring the

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Bulgaria 

WCC-Democratic Bulgaria, GERB-UDF resume talks on a government

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Representatives of We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria and Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF have resumed negotiations on a proposed government. The development

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