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GERB-UDF invites We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria to leaders meeting

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF says that it has invited We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria to a leaders meeting in the Parliament

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Russian ambassador’s comments on domestic politics inappropriate

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has criticised comments by Russian ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova on domestic politics as inappropriate. In an interview posted

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 19 deaths, 1146 new cases

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 19 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Foreign Ministry: ‘Necessary measures’ taken to evacuate Bulgarian citizens from Sudan

April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken the necessary measures and is doing everything possible, in coordination with its partners

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Agriculture Minister: Ukrainian import ban will not cause bread, sunflower price rises

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker Agriculture Minister Yavor Gechev says that he does not believe that the country’s temporary ban on several foodstuffs

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Bulgarian President concludes consultations ahead of handing mandate to form government

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev concluded his round of consultations with the 49th National Assembly’s parliamentary groups on April 21, as

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Bulgarian President holds consultations ahead of handing mandate to seek to form government

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on April 20 two days of consultations with the six groups in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 90 samples – NCIPD

April 20, 2023May 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has announced the results of sequencing the latest group of samples

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EU 100M euro aid conditional on Bulgaria, four others, lifting bans on Ukrainian food imports

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The 100 million euro second package of aid proposed by the European Commission for farmers in countries affected by imports

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