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Ten thousand Nato military personnel set for exercise in Bulgaria, Greece, Romania

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Steadfast Dart 2025 (STDT25), Nato’s largest exercise for 2025 with a deployment of the Allied Reaction Force (ARF) formations, which

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Bulgaria spent 140M leva in 2024 on improving infrastructure at military bases

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Close to 140 million leva (about 72 million euro) was spent in 2024 on improving the infrastructure at military bases

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Bulgaria’s caretaker government amends regulations on visas

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

At a regular meeting on January 8, Bulgaria’s caretaker government adopted a decree amending and supplementing regulations on the conditions

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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF resumes talks on a government, but without Democratic Bulgaria

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF has resumed negotiations on a government, the coalition confirmed on January 8, but only with the Bulgarian

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Meteorological bureau: 2024 was Bulgaria’s warmest year since 1930

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The year 2024 was the warmest year for Bulgaria since 1930, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology said in

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Exhibition ‘Picasso: Graphics from the National Gallery Collection’ opens at Kvadrat 500 on January 8

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Picasso: Graphics from the National Gallery Collection” opens at Hall 24 of the National Gallery’s Kvadrat 500

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Bulgaria: Borissov’s GERB-UDF says it is terminating negotiations on a government

January 5, 2025January 5, 2025 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition said on January 5 that it was terminating negotiations on a government, seeking to blame Democratic

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Bulgaria has spent more than 145M leva on Covid-19 vaccines that it scrapped

January 5, 2025January 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria has spent more than 145 million leva on more than five million doses of vaccines that it scrapped between

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New access system, traffic organisation at Sofia Airport’s Terminal 2

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

SOF Connect, the operator of Sofia Airport, announced on January 3 the introduction of new access system and traffic organization

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