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Month: April 2023

Leisure 

Exhibition ‘Yavor Tsanev (1956–2014): Metamorphoses’ to open in Bulgaria’s capital

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A retrospective exhibition entitled “Yavor Tsanev (1956–2014): Metamorphoses” opens at the National Gallery – The Palace in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s two major coalitions agree deal on Speaker, legislative programme

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Negotiating teams from Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition and the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition – the two largest groups

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Europe 

European Parliament approves visa liberalisation with Kosovo

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

Members of the European Parliament voted on April 18 to endorse the agreement on short-stay visa freedom with Kosovo. European

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Europe 

For first time since pre-pandemic, February 2023 saw no excess mortality in EU

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the first time since February 2020 (the pre-Covid-19 pandemic period), there was no excess mortality in the European Union as

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Bulgaria 

Close to 54% of households in Bulgaria have a car – statistics institute

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 53.8 per cent of Bulgarian households possess a car, and 5.1 per cent of households possess two

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Bulgarian household spending in 2022 increased 19.1% y/y

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian households spent an average of 8389 leva per capita in 2022, an increase of 19.1 per cent compared with

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Business 

Bulgaria annual inflation falls to 14% in March

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 14 per cent inflation in March 2023, down from 16 per cent a

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Europe 

EC working on second package of support for countries affected by imports from Ukraine

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

The European Commission (EC) is working on a second package of measures to continue supporting EU countries affected by imports

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 11 deaths, 977 new cases

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 11 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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