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Outgoing PM Denkov: Peevski is the biggest evil happening to Bulgaria

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

Outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, in an interview on April 4, described Movement for Rights and Freedoms co-leader Delyan Peevski

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European Parliament 2024 elections: 348 701 first-time voters in Bulgaria – estimate

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, European elections 2024, European Parliament, European Parliament elections 2024

In Bulgaria, a total of 348 701 people have reached voting age since the previous European Parliament elections in 2019,

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Bulgaria 

US court sentences OneCoin Bulgarian official to four years in prison

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

United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos has sentenced Bulgarian national Irina Dilkinska to four years in prison for her role

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing government provides 268.8M leva for state administration pay hikes

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

Bulgaria’s outgoing Nikolai Denkov government has allocated 268.85 million leva for increases in basic salaries of state administration employees, to

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Ministry expects tourist visits to Bulgaria this past winter to have risen 5%

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

Between December 1 2023 and March 25 2024, there were 1.8 million tourist registrations in Bulgaria, and the country’s Tourism

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament approves amendments linked to appointment of caretaker PM

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

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at a special sitting on April 2 the second and final reading of amendments to laws to

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Bulgaria 

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 

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 

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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