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Radev: Middle East conflict no direct threat to Bulgaria, but increased risk of migration, terrorism

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Roumen Radev

Currently, there is no direct threat to Bulgaria from the escalating conflict in the Middle East, but the risk of

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Bulgaria 

Dogan’s coalition pulls election ad after objection by Jewish organisations

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgarian Jews

Movement for Rights and Freedom founder Ahmed Dogan’s Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (ARF) election coalition took down a video

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings for heavy rain forecast for October 5

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national weather bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for several districts for October 5 because

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Bulgaria’s October 2024 elections: Poll sees six-group Parliament

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

A poll by the Market Links agency, the results of which were released on October 4, sees Bulgaria’s October 27

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Bulgaria 

EC advances three infringement cases against Bulgaria

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on October 3 that it advanced three infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to correctly transpose

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Caretaker PM after meeting on Middle East: No current threat to Bulgaria’s security

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

There is no current threat to the security of Bulgaria, caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said after presiding over an

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Bulgaria 

Mladenov: Biggest escalation of conflicts in Middle East in recent years

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

This is perhaps the biggest escalation of conflicts in the Middle East in recent years, Nikolai Mladenov, who from 2015

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approves signing of security cooperation agreement with Ukraine

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

At a regular meeting on October 2, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet approved the signing of a security cooperation agreement between Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President, caretaker PM, call security council meetings over Middle East

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security for October 4, with the

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