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US ambassador-designate: Russia’s war on Ukraine makes close coordination with Bulgaria urgent

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine makes the United States’s continued close coordination with Bulgaria all the more urgent,

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Bulgaria 

Hoteliers: One in five hotels on Bulgaria’s southern coast to expel Ukrainian refugees

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Twenty per cent of the hotels on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast accommodating Ukrainian refugees are to tell them to

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EC opens two new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on September 21 that it opened two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria as part of a package

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Education Ministry: Number of foreigners at universities in Bulgaria increasing

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of foreigners at universities in Bulgaria is increasing, the Education Ministry said on November 28. The ministry said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cybercrime unit busts network selling counterfeit clothes online

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

As part of an operation involving 27 countries and coordinated by Europol to take down websites offering counterfeit goods or

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Close to 40% of Bulgarians have difficulty making ends meet

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Close to 40 per cent of people in Bulgaria had great difficulty, or difficulty, in making ends meet, European Union

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings for 8 districts over forecast heavy rain

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for the district of Bourgas for November 29 because

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 30 deaths, 1736 new cases

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 30 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: We honour and remember victims of the Holodomor

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria honours and remembers the innocent victims of the Holodomor, the Foreign Ministry said in a tweet on November 26.

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