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MoD: Spanish fighter jets performing reconnaissance flights over Bulgaria on November 14, 15

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Spanish Air Force Eurofighter F-2000 Typhoon fighter jets are performing reconnaissance flights over various parts of Bulgaria on November 14

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 34 deaths, 2320 new cases

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 34 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Remembrance Sunday 2022 at Commonwealth War Graves in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

November 13, 2022November 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Remembrance Sunday 2022 at Commonwealth War Graves in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv A traditional Remembrance Sunday service was held in the Commonwealth

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Bulgaria appears to change course on accommodating Ukrainian refugees

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria will stay a further four months in the places where they are accommodated, under the same

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Bulgaria 

Spanish Air Force Eurofighters arrive to assist in protecting Bulgaria’s air space

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Six Spanish Air Force Eurofighter F-2000 Typhoon fighter jets arrived at Bezmer air base in Bulgaria on November 11 to

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Bulgaria 

Remembrance Day 2022 service held in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

November 11, 2022May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Remembrance Day was observed in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on November 11 2022 with ceremonies at the Commonwealth, German, Italian

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Bulgaria 

Former Sofia district mayor sentenced to six-year jail term in corruption trial

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation handed a six-year sentence to the former mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district Dessislava Ivancheva on

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Bulgaria 

MFA: Russian claim Bulgaria escalating war is propaganda rhetoric

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The claim by the Russian Foreign Ministry that the Bulgarian Parliament’s vote to supply arms to Ukraine makes Bulgaria responsible

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Bulgaria fourth-highest in EU in granting temporary protection to Ukrainians

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

As of September 30 2022, and among the countries for which data are available, Poland reported the highest number of

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