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Controversial amendments to Bulgaria’s election law

December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

After sittings over three separate days, adding up to a total of more than 40 hours, Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved

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Proposal for Bulgaria to supply small arms, ammunition to Ukraine

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry has come up with a list of weaponry to be supplied to Ukraine, consisting of small arms

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry employees strike for higher pay

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Employees of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs began a strike on December 2, demanding higher pay, with the lowest salaries

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Strong response to Bulgarian publisher’s fundraiser for generators for Ukrainian city

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A fundraising appeal by Bulgarian publisher and former Democratic Bulgaria MP Manol Peykov to buy generators for the Ukrainian city

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Protest to be held outside Bulgaria’s Parliament as MPs vote to bring back paper ballot voting

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Democratic Bulgaria coalition and the We Continue the Change (WCC) party called on Bulgarians to join a protest in

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Lockheed Martin: Assembly of Bulgaria’s first F-16 is underway

December 1, 2022May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Assembly of the first F-16 fighter jet for the Bulgarian Air Force is underway at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, South Carolina

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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in October 2022 was 4%

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in October 2022 was four per cent, unchanged from September and down from 4.7 per cent in

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With a month left to 2022, Bulgaria’s road death toll is 477

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 477 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and November 30 2022, according to

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Covid-19: In past month, 159 deaths in Bulgaria

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 159 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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