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US Air Force B-1 bombers in joint exercise with Bulgarian Air Force

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Air Force and United States Air Force are conducting a joint exercise in Bulgaria on April 2 involving

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Bulgaria begins April 2024 with temperatures very high for the season

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau reported on April 1 a series of very high temperatures across the country, though adding that the

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Bulgaria’s government approves pricing policy changes at Varna, Bourgas airports

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At a meeting on April 1, Bulgaria’s outgoing government approved regulatory changes introducing a new pricing policy at the airports

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of work by Kalina Taseva to open at Sofia’s Kvadrat 500 gallery

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of work by Kalina Taseva, one of the illustrious figures in the panorama of Bulgarian visual art, opens

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European prosecutors in evidence-gathering searches in probe into Bulgaria’s Zheleznitsa tunnel

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia, searches were taking place on April 1 in

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first quarter of 2024 is 85

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Eighty-five people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2024, according to preliminary data posted

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Bulgaria’s airports and sea ports are now in Schengen: The rules

March 31, 2024January 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Schengen

As of March 31, Bulgaria’s airports and sea ports – along with those in Romania – are part of the

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Bulgaria to test early warning system on April 1

March 31, 2024March 31, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Testing of Bulgaria’s national disaster and air hazard early warning system will take place on April 1 at 11am. The

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Bulgaria: Radev calls on caretaker Prime Minister-designate Glavchev to present a government within a week

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Roumen Radev

At a meeting on March 30, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev handed caretaker Prime Minister-designate Dimitar Glavchev a

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