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Day: January 18, 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s district of Sofia declares flu epidemic, closing schools

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The district of Sofia – as distinct from Sofia city, a district on its own – has announced that an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party to seek talks with all parliamentary groups in bid to form government

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

Meeting on January 18, the national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) mandated the party leadership to invite all

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues Code Red extremely dangerous weather warning for five districts

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Red warning of extremely dangerous weather for five districts on January 19 because of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expresses condolences over helicopter crash in which Ukraine’s Interior Minister, 17 others died

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on January 18 that it was overwhelmed by the news of the helicopter crash in Brovary,

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2022 was 1.53B euro

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2022 stood at 1.53 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Europe 

Eurostat: EU tourism industry seems to be strongly rebounding from pandemic

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The European Union’s tourism industry seems to be strongly rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic, EU statistics agency Eurostat said on January 18. The

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Dobrich district latest to declare flu epidemic

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The district of Dobrich has issued an influenza epidemic declaration, to be in effect from January 20 to 25, the

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in 2022 up 16.9% y/y

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in 2022 was 16.9 per cent higher than in 2021, according

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