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Month: August 2022

Business 

Bulgaria produced 439.2M litres of beer in 2021 – Eurostat

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria produced 439.2 million litres of beer in 2021, the country’s lowest level of beer production in five years, according

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Business 

Poll: Business climate in Bulgaria has worsened

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers see the business climate in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 44 deaths, 6110 new cases

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 44 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government adds to spending on October elections

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

At a regular meeting on August 26, Bulgaria’s caretaker government added a further 460 000 leva (about 235 000 euro)

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian refugees expected to move to Bulgaria’s interior as hotel scheme nears end

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

It is expected that Ukrainian refugees currently accommodated in hotels at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast will begin to move inland

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria does not back full ban on EU visas for Russians

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria supports a proposal by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU to suspend the agreement to facilitate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in line for further 460M euro under EU’s SURE instrument

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on August 25 that it has proposed for Bulgaria to be allocated a further 460 million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court refuses extradition of Russian who burnt his passport

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Varna Appellate Court has refused Russia’s application for the extradition of Alexey Alchin, officially wanted by Russia for alleged

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Bulgaria 

Latest large protest in Bulgaria against ‘inevitable’ talks with Russia’s Gazprom

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022, energy

The third in the series of “#ГАZwithme” protests in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia brought together many hundreds of participants vehemently

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