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Bulgarian Red Cross has sent aid worth close to 310 000 euro to earthquake-hit Türkiye and Syria

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

So far, the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) has provided material aid Türkiye and Syria from its disaster reserve to a

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 12 deaths, 635 new cases

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 12 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Regular flights between Plovdiv and Tel Aviv to start

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Plovdiv, tourism

Regular flights between Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv start on March 23 2023, Plovdiv Airport

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks 80th anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgaria Jews, deportations from ‘new lands’

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Ceremonies were held in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on March 10, marking the 80th anniversary of the prevention of the deportation

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Bulgaria: Sofia city council votes to ask for Soviet Army Monument to be moved from city centre

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

Sofia city council voted on March 9 to instruct mayor Yordanka Fandukova to ask the state to move the Soviet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria moves to scrap education certificate requirement for driving licences for foreigners

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting on March 8, Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved proposed amendments to legislation, including scrapping the requirement for foreigners to submit

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria says 7 EU countries back its call to scrap contract for Covid-19 vaccines

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker government voted unanimously on March 8 to call for the European Commission to terminate the contract with Pfizer-BioNTech

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Bulgaria 

Moving of Soviet Army Monument in Bulgaria’s capital on city council agenda

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

The removal of the Soviet Army Monument from its place in the centre of Bulgaria’s capital city has been added

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court rejects application to rule on military aid to Ukraine

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal from 50 MPs to rule on the National Assembly’s decision to supply military

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