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Month: July 2023

Europe 

Eurobarometer poll: Low levels of financial literacy across the EU

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Only 18 per cent of EU citizens have a high level of financial literacy, 64 per cent a medium level,

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Business 

Bulgaria annual inflation falls to 8.7% in June

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 8.7 per cent inflation in June 2023, down from 10.1 per cent a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings for July 18 as new heat wave looms

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for seven districts for July 18 because of expected

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 94 samples – NCIPD

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

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has announced the results of sequencing the latest group of samples

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Bulgaria 

Environment Minister: Panic that Nova Kakhovka polluted Bulgarian Black Sea is unfounded

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism, Ukraine

The panic that the Bulgarian Black Sea is polluted after the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian embassy in Sofia in sharp reaction to Bulgarian President’s controversial statements

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s embassy in Sofia said on July 15 that Ukraine was making every effort to restore peace, in a statement

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Bulgaria 

EC opens new infringement cases against Bulgaria on ID cards, waste

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on July 14 that it opened two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria and was advancing the infringement

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria joins European Defence Agency’s Collaborative Procurement of Ammunition project

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s government has decided that the country will become a full member of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) Collaborative Procurement

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Bulgaria 

Joint Bulgarian-Romanian mine countermeasures exercise Poseidon 2023 begins

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

The joint Bulgarian-Romanian mine countermeasures exercise Poseidon 2023 is being held from July 14 to 21 in the city of

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