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Month: January 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv declares flu epidemic, but schools stay open

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Plovdiv has declared an influenza epidemic, the seventh district in the country to do so in recent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria applies for EU reimbursement for aid to Ukraine

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria has applied for reimbursement from the European Peace Facility fund for equipment and humanitarian aid that it has provided

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Europe 

EC pays out 3BN euro first instalment of assistance package for Ukraine

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) paid out on January 17 a first instalment of three billion euro of the up to 18

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Bulgaria 

Three more districts in Bulgaria declare flu epidemic

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of districts in Bulgaria that have declared an influenza epidemic has risen to six, after Lovech, Pazardzhik and

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Bulgaria 

A million Ukrainians entered Bulgaria since war began – but only 50 262 remain

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The number of Ukrainians who have entered Bulgaria since Russia’s February 24 2022 invasion of Ukraine has passed the million

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Business 

Bulgaria records 16.9 per cent annual inflation in 2022

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 16.9 per cent inflation in December 2022, data released by the National Statistical

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Bulgaria 

Ninova: Bulgarian Socialist Party will ‘do everything’ to get a government elected

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will “do everything that depends on us” to get a government elected, party leader Kornelia

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 17 deaths, 891 new cases

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 17 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party to receive third and final mandate to seek to form government

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

On January 16, head of state President Roumen Radev will hand the Bulgarian Socialist Party the third and final mandate

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