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Year: 2022

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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2022 was 4.6%

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2022 was 4.6 per cent, unchanged from July and August and down from the 4.8

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announces latest extension of anti-Covid measures

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the latest time in several consecutive weeks, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Assen Medjidiev has issued an order regarding anti-epidemic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to buy torpedoes for Navy’s new patrol vessels

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government agreed on November 2 to an investment spending project to acquire 324mm homing torpedoes for the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Health Ministry: Incidence of Covid-19 in Bulgaria in 2021 was double EU average

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The annual incidence of Covid-19 in Bulgaria in 2021 (7784.01 per 100 000 people) was more than double the EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian hoteliers slam caretaker government decision on Ukrainian refugees

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The suspension by the caretaker government of the programme to accommodate Ukrainian refugees in hotels is further proof that tourism

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 47.3% for November 2022

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 47.3 per cent decrease in gas prices in the country for the month of

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria unhappy at decision to shift them to state facilities

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The day after the Bulgarian caretaker government’s last-minute announcement that Ukrainian refugees accommodated in hotels in a state-supported scheme are

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Europe 

EU-Moldova trade agreement enters into force on November 1

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova

A new agreement between the EU and Republic of Moldova enters into force on November 1 2022, improving trade facilitation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first 10 months of 2022 is 420

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 420 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of 2022, according to

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