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Year: 2022

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Bulgaria’s Varna district to step up measures against Covid-19

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Varna

A new order for the introduction of additional measures against the spread of Covid-19 has been prepared by the regional

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes two months paid paternity leave

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on July 28 the second reading of amendments to the Labour Code that provide for fathers of

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Business 

Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria as largely unchanged

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers see the business climate in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Icy exchanges as Bulgarian Socialist Party gives up mandate to form government

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria may be sweltering in soaring July temperatures, but in President Roumen Radev’s office, the atmosphere was icy as the

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Half of Bulgaria’s districts are Covid-19 red zones

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fourteen out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, meaning a morbidity rate between 250 and 499.9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to hold early elections after BSP gives up mandate

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), holder of the third and final mandate to seek to form a government, will return

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 13 districts are red zones

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s districts of Plovdiv and Haskovo have crossed the threshold to be reclassified from Covid-19 yellow zones to red zones,

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Business World 

IMF’s World Economic Outlook update: Gloom and uncertainty

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

A tentative recovery in 2021 has been followed by increasingly gloomy developments in 2022 as risks began to materialise, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party in new manoeuvre on country’s political future

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), holder of the third and final mandate to seek to form a government, has mapped

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