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Poll: Almost two-thirds of Bulgarians expect early elections, as major parties lose support

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Fifty-seven per cent of Bulgarians polled by Alpha Research expect that the country will again hold early elections, as the

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Bulgaria’s Bansko opens 2022/23 ski season, with scant snow in sight

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Lance Nelson, tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko officially opened its 2022/23 ski season on December 17, with scant snow in sight after

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US welcomes Bulgarian Parliament’s decision to provide military assistance to Ukraine

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has welcomed the Bulgarian Parliament’s decision to provide military assistance to Ukraine in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria congratulates Bosnia and Herzegovina on EU candidate country status

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria congratulates Bosnia and Herzegovina on obtaining the status of a candidate country for European Union membership, the Foreign Ministry

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Bulgarian prosecutors, security agency probing paramilitary body said to have ties to Russia

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office has assigned the State Agency for National Security to investigate allegations against a paramilitary body, the

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Bulgaria 

EC pays out 1.37B euro to Bulgaria under Recovery and Resilience Facility

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said in a statement that it had paid out 1.37 billion euro to Bulgaria on December

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Parliament votes final approval of agreement between Bulgaria and Ukraine on armaments

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on December 16 to approve the second and final reading of an agreement between Bulgaria and Ukraine

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Bulgaria’s capital bans polluting older cars from city centre in winter months

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city council voted on December 15 to ban cars over a certain age from the city centre as of

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Bulgaria’s We Continue the Change party names former education minister as candidate PM

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) party said on December 15 that former education minister Nikolai Denkov

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