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Foreign Ministry slams Albanian PM Rama over ‘anti-Bulgarian’ statements

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Albania

The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has hit out at Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama over what it called his “new,

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Bulgaria 

Islamabad’s embassy in Bulgaria appeals for aid after floods in Pakistan

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Pakistan’s embassy in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia has posted a list of urgently-needed items following the torrential monsoon rains which since

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Bulgaria 

Transport Ministry: Bulgarian state railways in ‘extremely worrying’ condition

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has portrayed the country’s state railways BDZ passenger and goods transport divisions as in “extremely worrying” condition

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 44 deaths, 6110 new cases

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 44 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government adds to spending on October elections

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

At a regular meeting on August 26, Bulgaria’s caretaker government added a further 460 000 leva (about 235 000 euro)

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian refugees expected to move to Bulgaria’s interior as hotel scheme nears end

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

It is expected that Ukrainian refugees currently accommodated in hotels at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast will begin to move inland

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria does not back full ban on EU visas for Russians

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria supports a proposal by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU to suspend the agreement to facilitate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in line for further 460M euro under EU’s SURE instrument

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on August 25 that it has proposed for Bulgaria to be allocated a further 460 million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court refuses extradition of Russian who burnt his passport

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Varna Appellate Court has refused Russia’s application for the extradition of Alexey Alchin, officially wanted by Russia for alleged

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