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Defence Minister: Compensation Bulgaria gets for military aid to Ukraine could exceed 600M leva

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The amount that Bulgaria receives in compensation for the military aid it supplies to Ukraine could exceed 600 million leva,

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Bulgaria’s Parliament again rejects pro-Kremlin party’s ‘foreign agents’ bill

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted overwhelmingly on February 5 to reject a bill on “foreign agents” tabled by pro-Kremlin minority party Vuzrazhdane,

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Bulgarian Navy chief: 18 mines destroyed in Black Sea since start of Russia’s war on Ukraine

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Eighteen mines have been detected and defused in the Black Sea since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Bulgarian

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Joint deployment of officers from four countries at Bulgarian-Turkish border begins

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The joint deployment of an additional 100 border police officers from four countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria –

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Bulgaria granted citizenship to more than 16 000 people in 2024

February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 16 268 people in 2024, the largest number in a year since the beginning of the

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Two bishops shortlisted to be Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s next Metropolitan of Vidin

February 2, 2025February 2, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In a secret ballot vote in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Vidin on February 2, two bishops were shortlisted

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Bulgaria pays annual homage to victims of communist regime

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

With wreath-laying ceremonies and statements, various Bulgarian political leaders and members of the public marked February 1, the day of

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Bulgaria’s January 2025 road death toll is 31

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 31 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in January 2025, the Interior Ministry said on February

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Lockheed Martin hands over Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16

February 1, 2025May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Manufacturer Lockheed Martin handed over the Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16 Block 70 multi-role fighter at a ceremony at its

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