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Sunday special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament fails for lack of quorum

June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Serbia

A special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament called for June 2 – a Sunday – failed because there were too few

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast thunderstorms, heavy rain

June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for four districts for June 3 because of

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church begins process of electing new Patriarch

June 2, 2024June 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church dioceses began on June 2 playing their role in the process of electing a new Patriarch. The

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Caretaker Defence Minister: Aid Bulgaria sends Ukraine is defensive, no need for restrictions

June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The aid that Bulgaria sends to Ukraine is defensive and there is no need to set restrictions on its use,

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Bulgaria’s January – May 2024 road death toll is 147

June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 147 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads between January 1 and May 31 2024, according to

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Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 to honour memory of Botev, all who died for country’s freedom

June 1, 2024June 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Sirens will sound across Bulgaria for two minutes at noon on June 2 2024 in an annual custom honouring the

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Bulgaria’s June 2024 elections: Dossier Commission discloses who worked for communist-era secret services

May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024, Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, the body required by law to disclose who in various walks of public life worked for Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria’s June 2024 elections: Denkov challenges Borissov to debate

May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2024, Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria’s former prime minister Nikolai Denkov of the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition has challenged GERB-UDF coalition leader Boiko

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Bulgaria scores highly again in EU’s annual bathing waters survey

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria has further improved its score in the European Environment Agency (EEA) annual report on the quality of bathing waters

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