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Day: September 1, 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator hikes gas prices by 20.5% for September 2021

September 1, 2021September 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator decided on September 1 to raise gas prices in the country by 20.5 per cent starting September

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Bulgaria 

ECFR poll: 26% of Bulgarians think government using Covid-19 to increase control

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-six per cent of Bulgarians polled in a survey done for the European Council on Foreign Relations believe that the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to donate 270 000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh

September 1, 2021September 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved on September 1 draft agreements on donating 270 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Turgovishte is ‘dark red’ zone

September 1, 2021September 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s district of Turgovishte has crossed the threshold to become a Covid-19 “dark red” zone, meaning an infection rate higher

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Bulgaria 

Trifonov’s party confirms – again – it will not support a government proposed by the BSP

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Kornelia Ninova

In a meeting lasting about six minutes on September 1, Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party confirmed – yet again – that

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2021 was 5.9%

September 1, 2021September 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2021 was 5.9 per cent, down from six per cent the previous month but up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-July 2021 Budget surplus at 705.2M leva

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first seven months of 2021 was 705.2 million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Medicines Agency head: About 7500 aged between 12 and 17 vaccinated against Covid-19

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

To date, about 7500 people in Bulgaria between the ages of 12 and 17 have been vaccinated against Covid-19, Medicines

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 56 deaths, 2053 new cases

September 1, 2021September 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 56 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the

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