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Dutch Air Force F-35s arrive to help protect Bulgarian air space

April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Four Netherlands Air Force F-35 fighter jets arrived at Bulgaria’s Graf Ignatievo air base on April 6 to take part

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Bulgaria 

EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria on electricity risk plan

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, European Commission

The European Commission said on April 6 that it opened an infringement proceeding against Bulgaria for “failing to submit” an

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Bulgaria 

EC to help Bulgaria curb reliance on Russian fossil fuels

April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) said on April 6 that it would offer technical support to help 17 EU countries, among

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 28 deaths, 839 new cases

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Bansko Mountain Madness: Bikini and fancy dress season-end party on April 10

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Lance Nelson tourism

Bansko’s 2021/22 ski season ends on April 10. And to celebrate the best ski season Bansko has ever known, there

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Bulgaria 

US approval in principle for proposed sale of more F-16s to Bulgaria

April 5, 2022April 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The US State Department has approved a possible sale to Bulgaria of F-16 C/D Block 70 fighter jets and related

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 70% of Bulgarian Jews see hate speech as a problem in Bulgaria

April 5, 2022April 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Seventy per cent of Bulgarian Jews polled by Alpha Research see hate speech as a problem in Bulgaria, compared with

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament fines Bulgarian MEP over stiff-armed salute

April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

Bulgarian far-right MEP Angel Dzhambazki, a co-leader of the VMRO party and a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 40 deaths, 1180 new cases registered

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 40 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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