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Vidin Metropolitan Daniil elected as new Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Vidin, Daniil, was on June 30 elected as the church’s new Patriarch and Metropolitan

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Bulgaria ends daily publication of official statistics on Covid-19

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Official information about cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria will now be published once a week and from July 1, the

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Bulgarian position for Nato Summit ‘fully reflects national interest, reaffirms consistent support for Ukraine’

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Dimitar Glavchev, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s position for the Nato Summit in Washington, which the caretaker government approved, fully reflects the Bulgarian national interest and

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June 2024 was Bulgaria’s hottest six month of year since 1930

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

June 2024 is shaping up to be Bulgaria’s warmest six month of the year since 1930, the national weather bureau

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Circulatory system diseases main causes of death in Bulgaria in 2023

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The main causes of death among Bulgaria’s population in 2023 were diseases of the circulatory system, the National Statistical Institute

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Poll: Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament has a 68% disapproval rating

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Bulgaria’s 50th National Assembly, elected on June 9, has an approval rating of a mere nine per cent and a

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Bulgarian President Radev declines to attend Nato Summit in DC

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has turned down a proposal by the country’s caretaker cabinet for him to head Bulgaria’s delegation

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Caretaker cabinet proposes Radev heads Bulgaria’s delegation to Nato summit

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Dimitar Glavchev, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has proposed that President Roumen Radev heads Bulgaria’s delegation to the Nato Summit in Washington DC in

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US State Dept report reflects concerns about rising antisemitism in Bulgaria

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel

The United States State Department annual International Religious Freedom for 2023 reflects concerns about rising antisemitism in Bulgaria. The report

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