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Bulgaria shifts military equipment to Sofia for Armed Forces Day parade

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry has announced that military equipment is being moved from various places in the country to Sofia from

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Bulgaria’s population at end of 2022 was 6.4M

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The population of Bulgaria as of the end of 2022 was 6 447 710, a decrease of 34 774 –

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Tensions between Bulgaria’s two major coalitions amid speculation about proposed government

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Media reports purporting to show the line-up of the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s proposed government led to tensions on

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Bulgaria set for partly cloudy, mild long weekend weather

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s three-day long weekend from April 29 to the May 1 Labour Day holiday is set for largely partly cloudy,

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GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria in talks on nation’s Budget

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Representatives of Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF and the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition devoted April 27 to talks on the

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GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria hold further talks

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

A working group meeting of representatives of the National Assembly’s two largest groups, GERB-UDF and We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria to introduce military education classes for grade 9 and 10 pupils

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved on April 26 an ordinance on military training classes for school pupils in the ninth and

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Fees at two-thirds of universities in Bulgaria to increase

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-two universities in Bulgaria are increasing their tuition fees for the 2023/24 academic year while 11 are leaving their fees

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Bulgaria’s caretaker government further extends accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has decided to further prolong the system for supporting accommodation for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war on their

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