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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns against travel to Moldova

April 28, 2022April 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry called on the country’s citizens on April 28 not to travel to Moldova, given what the ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had youngest first-time mothers in EU in 2020 – Eurostat

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The average age of women at the birth of their first child was 26.4 years in Bulgaria in 2020, making

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia, Gabrovo chosen for EU Mission for climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia and Gabrovo in Bulgaria are among 100 cities in the European Union that have been chosen to participate in

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 8 deaths, 741 new cases

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

Eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

EC proposes digitalisation of Schengen visa process

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The European Commission (EC) said on April 27 that it was proposing the digitalisation of the Schengen visa process, replacing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM leads delegation to Kyiv as arms to Ukraine issue smoulders

April 27, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A Bulgarian delegation led by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov leaves for Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv on April 27 with the

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Bulgaria 

Axed arms firm head claims Bulgaria exports weapons to Ukraine via intermediaries

April 27, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Alexander Mihailov, recently dismissed as head of Bulgaria’s state-owned Kintex defence equipment trading firm, said in a television interview on

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Bulgaria 

EC proposes suspending import duties on all Ukrainian exports to EU

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) proposed on April 27 to suspend for one year import duties on all Ukrainian exports to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in all 90 samples – NCIPD

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on April 27 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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