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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF holds talks with three parliamentary groups

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF, which as the largest parliamentary group will be the first to receive a mandate to seek to

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Prospects to see May 5 lunar eclipse over Bulgaria are cloudy

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

There will be a lunar eclipse on May 5 2023, completely visible over Asia and Australia, and it will be

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Bulgaria revoked citizenship of 17 after scrapping ‘golden passports’

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

After the National Assembly abolished “golden passports” – citizenship in return for investment – the Bulgarian citizenship of 17 people

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Bulgaria lifts ban on import of several Ukrainian foodstuffs, to get compensation from EU

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government agreed at a regular meeting on May 3 to lift its recently-imposed ban on the import of

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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF turns to talks with other parties on support for a minority government

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Having rejected the proposed cabinet line-up announced by the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF is turning

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Market Links: Borissov has highest approval rating among Bulgaria’s political leaders

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov has the highest approval rating among Bulgaria’s political leaders, at 24 per cent, according to a

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EU: Temporary restrictions on imports of Ukrainian grain, other foodstuffs, for five countries including Bulgaria

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) adopted on May 2 what it called “exceptional and temporary preventive measures” on imports of a

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Bulgaria military aircraft to fly low over Sofia in rehearsals for Armed Forces Day

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

From May 3 to 6, Bulgarian Air Force and Bulgarian Navy aircraft will fly low over capital city Sofia in

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Bulgaria’s President appoints new caretaker Foreign Minister

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has appointed career diplomat Ivan Kondov, who has been permanent secretary of the Foreign Ministry since

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