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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Crest of flu wave is breaking

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The crest of the influenza wave is breaking, Bulgaria’s Health Minister Hristo Hinkov said on February 5, with no epidemic

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Bulgaria: Anti-organised crime cop arrested for spying for Russia

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

A staffer of Bulgaria’s Chief Directorate for Combating Organised Crime has been arrested for spying for Russia, Interior Minister Zhivko

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman emperor Caracalla medallion among finds in Bulgaria’s Nova Varbovka

February 4, 2024February 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Veliko Turnovo

A medallion of Caracalla, Roman emperor from 198 to 217 CE, was among finds at the site of Roman graves

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Bulgaria 

Former Bulgarian Interior Ministry armoured cars finally bound for Ukraine

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Several months after Bulgaria’s Parliament and government approved the move, 100 decades-old armoured cars formerly owned by the Interior Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government shows off first of country’s six medical helicopters

February 2, 2024February 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, the ministers of transport and of health, as well as other officials on February 2 showed

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Finnish Air Force to participate in Nato air shield over Bulgaria, Romania, Black Sea – Defence Minister

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Finnish Air Force fighter aircraft will participate in Nato air shielding in Romania, Bulgaria and over the Black Sea between

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Flu epidemic: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Veliko Turnovo municipalities close schools until February 8

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo

The mayors of the Plovdiv and Veliko Turnovo municipalities have ordered schools to remain closed on February 6 and 7,

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Archaeological Season 2023 exhibition at Bulgaria’s National History Museum

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition entitled “Ancient finds. New discoveries. Archaeological Season 2023” has opened at Bulgaria’s National History Museum in Sofia and

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Bulgaria holds annual commemoration of victims of communist regime

February 1, 2024February 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Ceremonies were held in central Sofia, other cities in Bulgaria and in Parliament on February 1 to mark the 14th

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