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Day: January 12, 2023

Bulgaria 

Call centres selling fake crypto taken down in Bulgaria, Serbia and Cyprus

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Law enforcement and judicial authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany and Serbia, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have teamed up against

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borovets opening Yastrebets ski centre for season on January 14

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The opening of the Yastrebets ski centre in Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Borovets, which had been scheduled for January 12,

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Business 

Bulgarian law enforcement raids offices of cryptocurrency firm Nexo

January 12, 2023January 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities were investigating the activities of cryptocurrency firm Nexo, with a number of offices searched and people being questioned,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs ask caretaker Cabinet to renegotiate terms of EU post-Covid stimulus

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on January 12 to require the country’s caretaker Cabinet to renegotiate with the European Commission part

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Bulgaria 

Schools in Bulgaria’s Shoumen district to close because of flu

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Schools in Bulgaria’s Shoumen district will be closed from January 13 to 18 inclusive because of the large number of

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Bulgaria 

US, Bulgaria begin celebrations of 120 years of diplomatic relations

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States and Bulgaria have begun celebrations of 120 years of diplomatic relations, statements by the US embassy in

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Rising cost of living top concern for Bulgarians

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The rising cost of living, such as increasing food and energy prices, is the most pressing worry for 96 per

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