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Bulgaria Foreign Ministry in talks with Turkish ambassador after border policeman shot dead

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria’s deputy foreign minister Kostadin Kodzhabashev held talks on November 8 with Turkish ambassador Aylin Sekizkök at the Foreign Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Russia says it is sanctioning Bulgarian arms firms

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Russian government said on November 8 it was sanctioning legal entities from several countries, including a number of arms

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Bulgaria 

GERB, WCC agree on ‘expert’ groups to seek consensus on policies

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

While each has pledged not to support the other’s mandate to seek to form a government, the GERB-UDF coalition and

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Bulgaria 

BRC, UNHCR in ‘Winter Support’ campaign for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) and the UN High Commission for Refugees will provide by the end of the year

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian military prosecutors charge colonel over death of MiG-29 pilot

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Military District Prosecutor’s Office in Sofia has laid criminal charges against a senior military officer in connection with the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria a step closer to first payment of 1.37B euro in EU recovery funds

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commission (EC) experts have assessed Bulgaria as ready to receive a first payment, amounting to 1.37 billion euro, under

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 60 deaths, 3016 new cases

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 60 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker Tourism Minister seeks to defend Ukrainian refugee move

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

In interviews at the weekend, Bulgaria’s caretaker Tourism Minister Ilyin Dimitrov sought to deflect criticism of the interim government’s controversial

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 166 samples – NCIPD

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on November 4 that it has has found the Omicron

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