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Month: January 2022

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Bulgarian authorities take down online investment scam

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Bulgaria, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have taken down a network of online investment

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Bulgaria 

Lockheed Martin: Bulgaria to receive newest F-16 training simulators

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will receive F-16 simulators produced by Lockheed Martin to train its pilots for national and Nato defence missions, the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 70 deaths, 9916 new cases

January 27, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation slams Vuzrazhdane leader over comparison of green certificate to antisemitic measures

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” described as “inappropriate and unacceptable” a comment by Vuzrazhdane party leader Kostadin

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Bulgaria 

PM Petkov: Main risk to Bulgaria from a conflict in Ukraine is in energy sector

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

The main risk to Bulgaria from a military conflict in Ukraine is in the energy sector, in particular the gas

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Bulgaria 

Russia-Ukraine: Bulgaria calls for de-escalation, will form new battalion

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The priority of Bulgaria’s government in its strategy on the Russia-Ukraine conflict is the de-escalation of tensions, as well as

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 27 out of 28 districts are dark red zones

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-seven out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones as of January 26, meaning a morbidity

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria registers record 12 399 new Covid-19 cases in the past day

January 26, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 12 399 people in Bulgaria were registered in the past day as having tested positive for Covid-19,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: No decision yet on Nato deployment over Russia-Ukraine crisis

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

There is no build-up of Nato forces in Bulgaria and the government has not yet decided on the deployment of

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