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Bulgarian Parliament approves 2023 Budget Act at second reading

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has given its final approval to the 2023 Budget Act in the early morning hours of July

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MoD: Russia’s ‘temporary warning zone’ in Black Sea ‘not good practice’

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry issued a statement on July 27, after Nato said the day before that Russia’s new warning area

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government adopts governance programme: Schengen, euro zone among priorities

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Schengen

At a meeting on July 26, Bulgaria’s government adopted a governance programme up to December 24, with five main priorities,

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Bulgarian MPs elect Petar Chobanov, Andrei Gyurov as central bank deputy governors

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on July 26 to appoint MPs Petar Chobanov and Andrei Gyurov as deputy governors of the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Heatwave: Bulgaria issues Code Red weather warning for seven districts for July 26

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau has issued the Code Red warning of very dangerous weather for seven districts for July 26 because

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Bulgaria 

Heatwave in Bulgaria: Restrictions on lorry traffic, train speeds slowed

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

In response to the continuing heatwave in Bulgaria, the Road Infrastructure Agency has announced restrictions on lorry traffic in parts

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Heatwave in Bulgaria: Sofia municipality urges public to stay indoors on July 25

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

With yet another day of soaring temperatures looming amid the northern hemisphere’s heatwave, the municipality in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia

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Bulgarian PM: Talks on transporting Ukrainian grain through Bulgaria to Greek ports

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The option of transporting Ukrainian grain by train through Bulgaria to Greek ports is being discussed, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai

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Bulgaria 

Code Red: Three districts in Bulgaria face highest level dangerous weather warning for July 25

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The heatwave that has had the northern hemisphere in its grip for the past two weeks will see temperatures soaring

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