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Bulgaria: Supreme court overturns ruling against dismantling of Soviet Army Monument

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned an earlier ruling by the Sofia City Administrative Court ordering a halt to the

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Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister: Aid to Ukraine to continue, further opportunities considered

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria’s aid to Ukraine will continue, caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov said on taking office on April 9. “The battle

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Bulgaria’s Glavchev caretaker government sworn in

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony lasting less than 10 minutes at a special sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly on April 9, the

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Official: Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections will be ‘two-in-one’ with European Parliament elections

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has signed decrees on the Dimitar Glavchev caretaker government and on the holding

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Pope appoints new head of Roman Catholic church in Bulgaria

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the eparchy of Saint John XXIII for Catholic faithful

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Bulgaria’s Parliament to hold special sitting for swearing-in of Glavchev caretaker government

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024

The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Rossen Zhelyazkov, has convened a special sitting of Parliament on April 9 at 9am for

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Bulgaria’s warm weather: Just one mountain resort’s ski zone still open

April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko is the country’s only ski destination still continuing its season, after Borovets and Pamporovo ended

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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM-designate Glavchev presents nominees for interim government

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024, Dimitar Glavchev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister-designate Dimitar Glavchev presented on April 5 his nominees for the caretaker government that is to take

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Prosecutors charge head of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency, critics allege link to elections

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Prosecutors in Bulgaria have lodged charges of participating in an organised crime group against the head of the Customs Agency

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