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World Bank: $1.7B aid for Türkiye for relief efforts after February earthquakes

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

The World Bank announced on February 9 that it was providing $1.78 billion in assistance to help relief and recovery

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IFRC: World not ready for the next pandemic

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

No earthquake, drought or hurricane in recorded history has claimed more lives than the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the world’s

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World Bank warns on record-high food prices

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Record high food prices have triggered a global crisis that will drive millions more into extreme poverty, magnifying hunger and

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IMF’s World Economic Outlook update: Gloom and uncertainty

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

A tentative recovery in 2021 has been followed by increasingly gloomy developments in 2022 as risks began to materialise, according

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Türkiye unblocks way towards Finnish and Swedish Nato membership

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye – the new official name of Turkey, President Sauli Niinistö of Finland and Prime

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EU signs deal with Israel and Egypt on export of natural gas to Europe

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Israel, Russia, Ukraine

The European Union signed on June 15 a trilateral memorandum of understanding with Israel and Egypt for the export of

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World Bank sees raised risk of stagflation

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

Compounding the damage from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has magnified the slowdown in the global economy,

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UN bodies warn of looming widespread food crises

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

United Nations bodies the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have issued a stark warning

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UN General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council

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

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on April 7 calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human

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