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Bulgaria’s mountain resorts offer events on weekend of World Snow Day

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

World Snow Day 2024 is on January 21, and Bulgaria’s mountain resorts of Borovets and Bansko have arranged events linked

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Bulgaria’s Smolyan district declares influenza epidemic

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Smolyan district has declared a flu epidemic, and measures to be in effect from January 18 to 24 have

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government: Blair and his institute to advise on fight against corruption, other priorities

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Institute for Global Change will be “advocates for Bulgarian priorities”, the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Ministry: Bulgaria’s membership of Schengen will increase foreign tourists’ interest in country

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen, tourism

Bulgaria’s Schengen membership will increase foreign tourists’ interest in the country, the Tourism Ministry said on January 17 after minister

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Defence Chief: Bulgaria on track to receive eight F-16 fighter jets in 2025

January 16, 2024May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Bulgaria will receive eight American F-16 fighter jets from the United States in 2025, Defence Chief Admiral Emil Eftimov told

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Voting rights of millions of Britons living abroad restored

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

More than three million British citizens living abroad have regained their right to vote in British general elections and referendums

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Bulgaria 

Sixth sitting of Sofia city council again fails to elect council chairperson

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The sixth sitting of Sofia city council, held on January 11 2024, again failed to elect a council chairperson. Elected

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Prosecutors open probe into ‘obituary’ of Hitler posted on wall of Sofia Synagogue

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel

The Sofia District Prosecutor’s Office has, of its own initiative, started an investigation into the pasting of “obituaries” of Adolf

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World Bank slightly lowers economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank has slightly lowered its economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024, to 2.4 per cent, a reduction

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