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Day: April 1, 2022

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 25.4% for April 2022

April 1, 2022April 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator said on April 1 that it approved an increase in gas prices in the country by 25.4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors: First Secretary of Russian embassy committed espionage

April 1, 2022April 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

An investigation had established that the First Secretary of the Russian embassy in Sofia had committed espionage, the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s

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Europe 

EU slams Russia’s retaliatory sanctions against EU nationals

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union deplores the decision of the Russian authorities to ban a number of EU nationals, including officials of the EU

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Bulgaria 

More than half of Bulgaria’s districts are Covid-19 yellow zones

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

Sixteen out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 yellow zones, meaning a morbidity rate between 100 and 249.9

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in all 275 samples – NCIPD

April 1, 2022April 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on April 1 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Europe 

EC adopts proposal for conversion of hryvnia banknotes by people fleeing Ukraine

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) said on April 1 that it had adopted a proposal for a Council Recommendation on the conversion of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in Q1 2022 is 96

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s road death toll in the first three months of 2022 is 96, according to provisional statistics published on April

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 948 deaths in March

April 1, 2022April 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 948 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in March, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-February 2022 Budget surplus at 713.3M leva

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

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 713.3 million leva in the first two months of the

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