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Bulgaria extends Code Orange weather warnings over forecast heavy rain, snow

November 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for five districts for December 1 because of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s latest attempt to elect Speaker fails

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Failure continues to dog Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly’s attempts to elect a Speaker, as the eighth day of the first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast heavy rain, snow

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for the districts of Blagoevgrad and Smolyan for

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Bulgaria 

Georgia’s ambassador to Bulgaria resigns

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Georgia

Georgia’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Otar Berdzenishvili, announced on X on November 29 that he had submitted his resignation from the

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Weather bureau: Bulgaria’s November 2024 coldest since 2012

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

November 2024 in Bulgaria has been the country’s coldest November since 2012, the national meteorological bureau said. Average monthly temperatures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offers Christmas steam train rides

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

For another year, Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising Christmas train rides with a steam engine to fill young and

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Bulgaria 

Tekla Alexieva ‘Encyclopaedia of Boundlessness’ exhibition at Sofia City Art Gallery

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition of work by Tekla Alexieva entitled Encyclopaedia of Boundlessness opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on December 4

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Bulgaria 

Election of a Speaker continues to elude Bulgaria’s Parliament

November 28, 2024November 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The November 28 seventh day of the first sitting of Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly saw Silvi Kirilov come within a

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Bulgaria 

EC opens new infringement cases against Bulgaria on cybersecurity, critical infrastructure

November 28, 2024November 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on November 28 that it opened new infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to fully transpose

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