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Sofia city council names street after US ambassador James Pardew

June 9, 2022August 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city council voted on June 9 to name a street in the Mladost residential area after US ambassador James

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Opposition in Parliament seeks resignation of entire Bulgarian government

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Kornelia Ninova, Slavi Trifonov

Opposition parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament want the resignation of the entire government and say that they will not vote in

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Bulgaria 

New US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria named

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

United States President Joe Biden has nominated career diplomat Kenneth Merten to be the next US ambassador to Bulgaria, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues Code Red weather warning for thunderstorms, heavy rain in Smolyan

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Red warning of extremely dangerous weather for the district of Smolyan and the Code

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Bulgaria 

Trifonov says withdrawing party from Bulgaria’s ruling coalition

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Slavi Trifonov

ITN party leader Slavi Trifonov said on June 8 that he was withdrawing his party from Bulgaria’s quadripartite governing coalition

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Bulgaria 

EU funds fraud: Bulgaria must return more than 30M euro

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union’s anti-fraud office OLAF last year recommended the recovery of more than 30 million euro because of schemes

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in all 92 samples – NCIPD

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on June 8 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Former arms plant head: Bulgaria exported 200M leva weapons to Ukraine

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

Weapons worth 200 million leva have been exported from Bulgaria through Romania to Poland, with Ukraine as the final destination,

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Bulgaria 

US-funded renovation of Thracian Tomb near Bulgaria’s Sveshtari unveiled

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The newly-renovated Thracian Tomb near Sveshtari in north-eastern Bulgaria was unveiled on June 7, according to a statement by the

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