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Day: August 1, 2022

World 

World Bank warns on record-high food prices

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Record high food prices have triggered a global crisis that will drive millions more into extreme poverty, magnifying hunger and

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Bulgaria 

Official: Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections on October 2

August 1, 2022October 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will hold early parliamentary elections on October 2, according to a decree signed by President Roumen Radev. The 47th

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Bulgaria 

More than 60 dead dolphins on Bulgaria’s northern coast so far in 2022

August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 60 dolphins have been found dead on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast so far this year, according to

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Bulgaria 

Blaze at Bulgarian munitions store: ‘Perimeter was breached’

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Before an explosion that caused a blaze at his ammunition warehouses in Karnobat on July 31, an alarm had signalled

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Europe 

EC pays first tranche of new billion euro aid for Ukraine

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission paid on August 1, on behalf of the EU, the first half (500 million euro) of a

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Europe 

New EU rules on cross-border custody disputes

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union’s new rules on cooperation between judicial authorities on cross-border disputes, such as custody, parental rights and child

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.3% in June 2022 – Eurostat

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

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.3 per cent in June 2022, down from 5.3 per cent in June 2021 but up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first seven months of 2022 is 287

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 287 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first seven months of 2022, according to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 125 deaths in Bulgaria

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

The deaths of 125 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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