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Bulgarian Navy investigates after new report of sea mine

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Navy is sending a helicopter to investigate after a Turkish vessel reported a sea mine about 37 nautical miles

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Bulgaria 

Call for EU countries to cancel investment-based residence permits, citizenship, of sanctioned Russians and Belarusians

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) has called on EU countries to immediately scrap any “golden passport” citizenship-by-investment schemes and to withdraw

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Bulgaria 

Turkish defence ministry: Sea mine found near Bulgarian border

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

A sea mine was found in waters off Iğneada, close to the Bulgarian border, in the early hours of March

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Bulgaria 

Thousands in protests in Bulgarian cities against Russia’s war on Ukraine

March 26, 2022March 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Russia, Sofia, Ukraine, Varna

Thousands of Bulgarians turned out on March 26 in protests in various cities in the country against Russia’s war on

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Bulgaria 

Border Police: 120 000 Ukrainians entered Bulgaria since February 24

March 26, 2022March 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Since February 24, the beginning of Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine, close to 120 000 Ukrainian citizens have entered Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to give 100 leva vouchers to Ukrainians with temporary protection status

March 25, 2022March 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian state will provide 100 leva (about 51.1 euro) shopping vouchers to Ukrainians who have temporary protection status, Minister

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Bulgaria 

Several thousand turn out for demo in Bulgaria’s capital in solidarity with Ukraine

March 24, 2022March 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A peaceful demonstration in the centre of Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on March 24 saw several thousand people express their

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President asks Biden to speed up delayed delivery of F-16s

March 24, 2022March 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on March 24 that he had asked US President Joe Biden to speed up the

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Bulgaria 

Nato leaders agree on new multinational battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

March 24, 2022March 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato leaders agreed on March 24 on the establishment of four additional multinational battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia,

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