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Month: January 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister presents electronic certificate of Covid-19 vaccination

January 19, 2021January 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kostadin Angelov presented on January 19 the electronic certificate of vaccination against Covid-19. He said that the

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2020 was 843.9M euro

January 19, 2021January 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of last year stood at 843.9 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had largest drop in new passenger car registrations in EU in 2020

January 19, 2021January 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in 2020 were 36.8 per cent lower than in 2019, the largest decrease in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 82 more deaths, active cases drop by 7045

January 19, 2021January 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighty-two deaths of Covid-19 patients in Bulgaria were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 8565,

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Bulgaria 

Two hospitals in Bulgaria’s capital fined for violating Covid-19 vaccination plan

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Two hospitals in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are being fined for not keeping to the national plan for vaccination against

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Business 

Bulgaria competition regulator approves sale of broadcaster Nova Televizia

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on January 18 that it has approved the proposed sale of broadcaster

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual inflation hits four-year low 0.1% in 2020

January 18, 2021January 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.1 per cent inflation in December 2020, data released by the National Statistical

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria busts group faking IDs for non-EU nationals

January 18, 2021January 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has pressed charges against five people, one a Migration Directorate official,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Decision next week on 5th to 12th graders returning to class on February 4

January 18, 2021January 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Various options are being discussed regarding fifth to 12th grade school pupils in Bulgaria returning to in-person classes as of

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