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Month: April 2023

Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria in talks on nation’s Budget

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

Representatives of Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF and the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition devoted April 27 to talks on the

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Business 

Eurostat: Bulgaria’s employment rate 75.7%, above EU average

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 75.7 per cent of the 20-64 age group in Bulgaria were employed in 2022, EU statistics agency

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Europe 

Asylum decisions in EU up by 40% in 2022

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees

In 2022, EU countries granted protection status to 384 245 asylum seekers, up by 40 per cent compared with the 275 040 recorded in 2021,

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport selects designer for Terminal 2 reconstruction

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgarian architectural and engineering company IPA will design the reconstruction of Terminal 2 at Sofia Airport, the airport said in

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Bulgaria 

GERB-UDF, We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria hold further talks

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

A working group meeting of representatives of the National Assembly’s two largest groups, GERB-UDF and We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to introduce military education classes for grade 9 and 10 pupils

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved on April 26 an ordinance on military training classes for school pupils in the ninth and

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Bulgaria 

Fees at two-thirds of universities in Bulgaria to increase

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-two universities in Bulgaria are increasing their tuition fees for the 2023/24 academic year while 11 are leaving their fees

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government further extends accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has decided to further prolong the system for supporting accommodation for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war on their

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Business 

Eurostat: Electricity, gas prices in EU showing signs of stabilising after records in 2022

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

After a significant increase in prices that started before the Russian invasion of Ukraine but skyrocketed up to the second

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