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Bulgaria extends hotel scheme for Ukrainian refugees

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has extended until October 31 the programme by which hoteliers are paid to accommodate Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s

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Bulgaria’s President to attend State Funeral of the Queen

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev will attend the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19, his

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School year opens in Bulgaria, with some anti-epidemic measures in place

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

More than 700 000 pupils, including 57 000 first-graders, headed to class in Bulgaria on September 15, with some anti-epidemic

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Bulgaria annual inflation hits new 24-year high at 17.7% in August

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 17.7 per cent inflation in August 2022, rising from 17.3 per cent a

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Jan-July 2022 exports up 41.7%, imports 46.5% higher y/y

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In the first seven months of 2022, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 54.29 billion

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron BA.5 lineage still dominant – NCIPD

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on September 13 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria says ready to begin administering Omicron boosters

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry said on September 12 that it was ready to begin administering booster vaccines adapted to target the

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Europe 

EMA recommends authorising additional vaccine against Covid-19 Omicron variant

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on September 12 that its human medicines committee (CHMP) had recommended authorising an adapted

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian embassy in Ukraine’s capital resumes operations

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, has resumed operations as of September 12 2022, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said,

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