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Second time this week: Bulgarian Navy destroys sea mine

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

For the second time this week, the Bulgarian Navy has destroyed a sea mine found floating off the country’s coast.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to hold early parliamentary elections on April 2

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

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said on January 24 that the country would hold early parliamentary elections on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Pazardzhik district extends flu epidemic declaration

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The influenza epidemic declaration in the Pazardzhik district, which had been scheduled to expire on January 24, has been extended

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy destroys sea mine off northern coast

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Navy specialist divers destroyed a Soviet-era Yam sea mine found off the country’s northern Black Sea coast on January

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv district to close schools

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Classes at schools in the Plovdiv district will be suspended from January from January 25 to 31, the district operational

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria recalls ambassador to N Macedonia from Skopje

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria summoned its ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia, Angel Angelov, for consultations in Sofia, the Foreign Ministry said

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 24 deaths, 719 new cases

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 24 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria’s mountain resorts report improved skiing conditions

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s major mountain resorts reported improved conditions for skiing on January 21, with snow cover better than the dire situation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to head to early elections as BSP abandons bid to form government

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is giving up its bid to form a government, making early parliamentary elections inevitable. BSP

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