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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: We honour and remember victims of the Holodomor

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria honours and remembers the innocent victims of the Holodomor, the Foreign Ministry said in a tweet on November 26.

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Bulgaria appoints new national coordinator for combating antisemitism

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s caretaker Foreign Minister Nikolai Milkov has appointed deputy minister Velislava Petrova as the new national coordinator for combating antisemitism,

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MP rubbishes Radev’s stance weapons for Ukraine would leave Bulgaria unarmed

November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Democratic Bulgaria (DB) MP Ivailo Mirchev has hit back at President Roumen Radev’s claim that giving weapons to Ukraine would

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies contracts on 8 new F-16 fighter jets

November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted by a large majority on November 25 to ratify contracts with the United States to acquire

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Census 2021: Close to 72% of Bulgarians say they are Christians

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria 2021 census, Bulgaria census 2021, Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A total of 71.5 per cent of Bulgarians who answered an optional question in the 2021 Census about their religion

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 89 samples – NCIPD

November 24, 2022December 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on November 24 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Census 2021: 84.6% of population define themselves as Bulgarians, 8.4% Turks, 4.4% Roma

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria 2021 census, Bulgaria census 2021

In Bulgaria’s September 2021 national census, 84.6 per cent defined themselves as Bulgarians, 8.4 per cent as Turks and 4.4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria condemns terrorist attack in Jerusalem in which teenager died, many injured

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgaria condemns the November 23 horrific attacks in Jerusalem which killed one person and left many people injured, the Foreign Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government votes 38M leva to keep fuel subsidy for motorists to year-end

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has allocated 38 million leva (about 19.4 million euro) to keep the fuel subsidy of 25 stotinki

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