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Month: February 2023

Bulgaria 

EC: Bulgaria had second-highest road death rate in EU in 2022 – preliminary data

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Romania had the highest road death rate in the European Union in 2022, at 86 deaths per one million inhabitants,

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January up 9.8% y/y

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 2227 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January 2023, an increase of 9.8 per cent on an

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Bulgaria 

Education Ministry produces study aid for Ukrainian children to learn Bulgarian

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Education and Science has developed a study aid for learning Bulgarian as a foreign language, the ministry

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Europe 

EU foreign policy chief: Most pressing issue for Ukrainian army is artillery shells

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The most important, pressing issue today for the Ukrainian army is to have a continuous flow of 155mm artillery shells,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 10 deaths, 330 new cases

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 10 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

UN agencies shocked after 18 Afghans die in abandoned lorry near Sofia

February 18, 2023February 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are shocked and

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Bulgaria 

Seven held in connection with deaths of 18 migrants in lorry in Bulgaria

February 18, 2023February 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven people have been taken into 24-hour custody in connection with the deaths of 18 irregular migrants in a lorry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: 18 migrants found dead in lorry in Sofia

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Eighteen irregular migrants have been found dead in a lorry at the side of the road in the village of

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Business 

Bulgaria Finance Minister rules out joining euro zone in January 2024

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgaria will miss its January 1 2024 target date for joining the euro zone, the country’s caretaker Finance Minister Rossitsa

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