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Month: March 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court rejects application to rule on military aid to Ukraine

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal from 50 MPs to rule on the National Assembly’s decision to supply military

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Business 

Bulgaria records 3.4% economic growth in 2022

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 3.4 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian supreme court confirms life sentences for Bourgas Airport terrorist attack

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation has confirmed at final instance the life sentences without parole for Meliad Farah and Hassan

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Business 

Yettel Bulgaria asks competition watchdog to block Bulsatcom network deal

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Mobile telecommunications company Yettel Bulgaria has submitted a request to the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) to block the

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Europe 

EC: Renewed Schengen Information System enters into operation

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The upgraded Schengen Information System (SIS) enters into operation on March 7, the European Commission (EC) said. SIS is the largest information

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had the highest death rate in the EU in 2020

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

With 1787 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants, Bulgaria had the highest death rate in the EU in 2020, European Union

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April early elections: Poll sees five-group Parliament

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Among those who intend to vote in Bulgaria’s April 2 2023 early parliamentary elections, the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all but one of 90 samples – NCIPD

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on March 6 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Leisure 

Exhibition ‘Documents’ painting after photography in Bulgaria in the 1970s and 1980s

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “Documents – Painting after Photography in Bulgaria in the 1970s and 1980s” is on at Sofia City

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