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Year: 2022

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EC approves 110M euro for modernisation of rail corridor in western Bulgaria

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on July 15 that it had approved an investment of more than 110 million euro

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Business 

Bulgaria annual inflation reaches new 24-year high at 16.9% in June

July 15, 2022August 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 16.9 per cent inflation in June 2022, rising from 15.6 per cent a

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Bulgaria 

Russia revokes aircraft repair certificates of two Bulgarian companies

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

Russia has decided to suspend the validity of aircraft repair certificates previously issued to Bulgaria’s Terem-Letets and Avionams companies, as

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in H1 2022 up 13.3% y/y

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in the first half of 2022 was 13.3 per cent higher

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia crosses threshold to become Covid-19 red zone

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

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has crossed the threshold to be reclassified from a Covid-19 yellow zone to a red zone,

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Business 

EU summer forecast predicts Bulgaria’s economy growing by 2.8% in 2022

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

The European Commission’s summer forecast for the EU economy, released on July 14, raised the estimate for Bulgaria’s economic growth

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Parliament doubles threshold for mandatory registration for VAT

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on July 14, by 196 votes in favour and none against, the second reading of amendments

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Bulgaria 

Market Links poll: Elections in Bulgaria now would produce seven-group Parliament

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Were parliamentary elections to be held in Bulgaria now, they would produce a National Assembly with seven groups, with GERB-UDF

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: GERB-UDF refuses to try to form government

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

The parliamentary group of GERB-UDF refused on July 14 a mandate from head of state President Roumen Radev to seek

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