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Day: February 1, 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 30.7% for February 2023

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 30.7 per cent decrease in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria holds annual commemoration of victims of communist regime

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Ceremonies were held on February 1 in Bulgaria’s Parliament and at memorials in the country to commemorate victims of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament: Holodomor was genocide

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 1 to recognise the famine inflicted by the Soviet regime on Ukraine in 1932-1933

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria extends temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees to March 4 2024

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The temporary protection system for refugees from Ukraine, fleeing Russia’s war on their country, is to be extended as of

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2022 was 4%

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2022 was four per cent, down from 3.9 per cent in November 2022 and from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ends 2022 with 1.35B leva Budget deficit on cash basis

February 1, 2023February 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget deficit for the full year 2022 was 1.35 billion leva, on cash

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 71 deaths in Bulgaria

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 71 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s January road death toll was 33

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Thirty-three people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in January 2023, according to provisional figures released by the Interior Ministry.

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