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Joint deployment of officers from four countries at Bulgarian-Turkish border begins

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The joint deployment of an additional 100 border police officers from four countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria –

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Bulgaria granted citizenship to more than 16 000 people in 2024

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 16 268 people in 2024, the largest number in a year since the beginning of the

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Two bishops shortlisted to be Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s next Metropolitan of Vidin

February 2, 2025February 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In a secret ballot vote in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Vidin on February 2, two bishops were shortlisted

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Bulgaria pays annual homage to victims of communist regime

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

With wreath-laying ceremonies and statements, various Bulgarian political leaders and members of the public marked February 1, the day of

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Bulgaria’s January 2025 road death toll is 31

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 31 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in January 2025, the Interior Ministry said on February

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Lockheed Martin hands over Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16

February 1, 2025May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Manufacturer Lockheed Martin handed over the Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16 Block 70 multi-role fighter at a ceremony at its

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EC opens seven infringement cases against Bulgaria, including two on VAT

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on January 31 that it opened seven new infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to notify

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National Assembly legislates that Bulgarian Orthodox Church is country’s sole representative of Eastern Orthodoxy

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the sole representative of the country’s traditional Eastern Orthodox Christianity and it alone may use

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Bulgaria’s January 2025 has been driest January since 2021

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

January 2025 in Bulgaria was the country’s the driest January since 2021, the national meteorological bureau said in a provisional

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