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Month: April 2022

Europe 

World Bank: Food, energy price shocks from war in Ukraine could last years

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, World Bank

Russia’s war on Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption

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Bulgaria 

Number of districts in Bulgaria that are Covid-19 green zones rises to 17

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

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 green zones – meaning a morbidity rate of less than 100

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 2 deaths, 377 new cases registered

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of two people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, which

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Bulgaria 

Borissov sparks row with claim Bulgaria is secretly arming Ukraine

April 25, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia, Ukraine

Opposition GERB-UDF leader and former prime minister Boiko Borissov sparked a row on April 25 by alleging, without offering evidence,

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Europe 

Eurojust’s powers to be boosted to gather evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

April 25, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) is proposing to amend the regulation on EU criminal justice cooperation agency Eurojust to give the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, five deaths, 237 new cases registered

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of five people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

PM to lead Bulgarian coalition government delegation to Kyiv on April 27

April 24, 2022April 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

A delegation from Bulgaria’s ruling coalition, headed by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, will travel to Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv on

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Bulgaria 

Sixty-seven Covid-19 deaths in Bulgaria in past week

April 24, 2022April 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 67 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM personally backs sending military aid to Ukraine

April 23, 2022April 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in a television interview on April 23 that as an individual, not as Prime

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