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Year: 2022

Europe 

EU adds 500M euro for military equipment for Ukraine

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union foreign ministers adopted on October 17 additional assistance measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF) to further support the capabilities and resilience

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Europe 

EU sets up military assistance mission to support Ukrainian armed forces

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Meeting on October 17, European Union foreign ministers agreed to set up a Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine

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Bulgaria 

EC: Bulgaria had EU’s second-highest road fatality rate in 2021 – final data

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s road fatality rate in 2021 was 81 per million inhabitants, the second-highest in the European Union, after Romania’s rate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government has approved about 87M leva for accommodating Ukrainians

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Since the February 2022 beginning of Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine, a succession of Bulgarian governments have approved payments of

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Business 

Bulgaria annual inflation hits new 24-year high at 18.7% in September

October 17, 2022November 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 18.7 per cent inflation in September 2022, rising from 17.7 per cent a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 37 deaths, 5254 new cases

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 37 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Official: Cyber attack on Bulgarian government websites traced to Russia

October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The head of Bulgaria’s National Investigation Service, Borislav Sarafov, said on October 16 that the perpetrator of a cyber attack

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Bulgaria 

Decision on inviting Zelenskyy to address Bulgarian Parliament postponed

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not be invited to deliver a video address to the October 19 first sitting of

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Europe 

Stoltenberg: Nato will further step up support for Ukraine

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato will further step up support for Ukraine, while strengthening the Alliance’s defence and deterrence and working to increase the

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