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Month: October 2022

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Ambassador James Pardew Street inaugurated in Bulgaria’s capital in honour of late US envoy

October 27, 2022November 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on October 27, Ambassador James Pardew Street was inaugurated in honour of

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Europe 

EC proposes to accelerate rollout of instant payments in euro

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The European Commission (EC) adopted on October 27 a legislative proposal to make instant payments in euro available to all

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry orders further prolongation of anti-Covid measures

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the latest time in several consecutive weeks, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Assen Medjidiev has issued an order regarding anti-epidemic

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron BA.5 lineage remains dominant – NCIPD

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

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on October 25 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President to take unhurried approach to bids to form government

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has invited the GERB-UDF parliamentary group, which won the largest shares of seats

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Europe 

EU ministers give final approval to one-size-fits-all charging port

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union ministers gave their final approval on October 24 to the common charger directive, meaning that in 2024, a USB-C port will become mandatory for a

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Bulgaria 

Eurobarometer: 52% of Bulgarians believe air quality worsened in past decade

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A poll by the European Union’s Eurobarometer agency has found that 52 per cent of Bulgarians believe that the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 37 deaths, 4255 new cases

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 37 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria not discouraged by Dutch parliament vote against it joining Schengen

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

Bulgaria is portraying itself as not discouraged by an October 20 vote in parliament in the Netherlands calling for the

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