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EMA recommends first adapted Covid-19 booster vaccines for approval in EU

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on September 1 that its human medicines committee (CHMP) had recommended authorising two vaccines

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast thunderstorms

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for five districts for September 2 because of forecast

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2022 was 4.6%

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2022 was 4.6 per cent, down from 5.1 per cent in July 2021 but up

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria extends anti-epidemic measures to September 7

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Assen Medzhidiev has issued an order extending until September 7 the anti-epidemic measures against Covid-19. The

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 223 deaths in Bulgaria

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 223 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first eight months of 2022 is 339

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 339 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first eight months of 2022, according to

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Business 

Bulgaria January-July 2022 Budget surplus at 1.52B leva

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 1.52 billion leva in the first seven months of the

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Europe 

EU foreign ministers agree full suspension of EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union foreign ministers have agreed on the full suspension of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement, meaning that there will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opens new consulates in Scotland, Germany, France

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government agreed on August 31 to open a consulate in Edinburgh, a government media statement said. The consulate

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