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Bulgarian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker: Navalny was killed

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

According to the official information from the Kremlin regime, Alexey Navalny died, but perhaps only the most loyal to the

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Exhibition of work by Gredi Assa ‘Travels’ opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on February 27

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of work by artist Gredi Assa entitled “Travels” opens at Sofia City Art Gallery in Bulgaria’s capital city

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German service sector union strike results in Lufthansa flight cancellations at Sofia Airport

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A 35-hour strike by German united services union Ver.di has resulted in the cancellation of several flights on February 20

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Bulgaria 

MPs from Bulgarian pro-Kremlin minority party hosted in Moscow by Putin’s party

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Members of Parliament from Bulgaria’s pro-Kremlin minority party Vuzrazhdane at the invitation of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, according to

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Election shortlists two candidates to be member of Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body

February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

An election in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Sliven on February 18 shortlisted two candidates to be the next

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Bulgaria: On mayor’s order, police block march in honour of pro-Nazi leader

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, acting on an order issued by mayor Vassil Terziev, blocked the holding of the

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Navalny’s death: Reactions in Bulgaria

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Reacting to reports on February 16 quoting Russia’s penitentiary service as saying that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in

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US Secretary of State Blinken: Bulgaria is an extraordinary partner for the US

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Bulgaria is an extraordinary partner for the United States, for Europe, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on February

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Condemnation for planned holding of Lukov March in honour of pro-Nazi leader

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria is categorically against the planned holding of the so-called Lukov

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