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In Sofia, Germany’s Scholz pushes N Macedonia’s EU prospects

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Speaking on June 11 after talks in Sofia with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed strong

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court orders extradition of Romanian ex-minister

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

The Sofia Court of Appeals ordered on June 10 the extradition to Romania of former cabinet minister Elena Udrea who

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Put country above party, but ‘we are not afraid of elections’

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

In a video message on June 10, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said that he believed that there were people

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Bulgaria 

Eurobarometer poll: 54% of Bulgarians oppose euro adoption

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Opposition to Bulgaria joining the euro zone has jumped by 10 percentage points in the past year, with 54 per

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM ‘in no hurry’ to table ITN ministers’ resignations

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will not be in a hurry to table in Parliament the resignations of the four

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings for all districts for June 11

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for eight districts for June 11 because of forecast

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Bulgaria 

Sofia city council names street after US ambassador James Pardew

June 9, 2022August 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city council voted on June 9 to name a street in the Mladost residential area after US ambassador James

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Bulgaria 

Opposition in Parliament seeks resignation of entire Bulgarian government

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Kornelia Ninova, Slavi Trifonov

Opposition parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament want the resignation of the entire government and say that they will not vote in

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Bulgaria 

New US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria named

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

United States President Joe Biden has nominated career diplomat Kenneth Merten to be the next US ambassador to Bulgaria, according

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