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A poll ahead of Bulgaria’s June 9 2024 early parliamentary elections – being held simultaneously with scheduled European Parliament elections
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Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on April 29 that he vetoed parts of the most recent bill to amend the
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As of December 31 2023, the population of Bulgaria was 6 445 481, a decrease of 22 229 – about
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In the 2023/2024 academic year in Bulgaria, there are 15 093 foreign students at Bulgaria’s universities, about 8.2 per cent
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Bulgaria’s Parliament voted unanimously on April 26 to approve the second and final reading of amendments to the Defence and
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Bulgaria is among several countries including the United States and United Kingdom in a joint statement calling for the immediate
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Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on April 25 to oust Rossen Zhelyazkov of Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition as Speaker. The vote
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Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said that it has completed the sequencing of the latest group
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The European Commission said on April 24 that it advanced four infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to notify the
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