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Day: September 1, 2023

Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 6.2% for September 2023

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 6.2 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Powers of president should be reformulated to restore separation of powers

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov, Roumen Radev

The powers of the president should be reformulated to restore the principle of the separation of powers, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

UK military to transit Bulgaria on way to Nato’s Steadfast Jupiter exercise in Romania

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Military personnel and military equipment from the UK armed forces will cross into Bulgaria from Greece at the Kapitan Petko

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Europe 

EC authorises adapted Covid-19 vaccine for member states’ autumn vaccination campaigns

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) said on September 1 has authorised the Comirnaty XBB.1.5-adapted Covid-19 vaccine, developed by BioNTech-Pfizer. This vaccine

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Europe 

Eurostat: Russia’s share in EU trade falls below two per cent

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union’s trade with Russia has been strongly affected by import and export restrictions imposed by the EU following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,

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Europe 

EU foreign ministers in talks on how to support Zelenskyy’s peace plan

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union foreign ministers have discussed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy’s peace plan “and how to support it in an ongoing

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Business 

Bulgaria January-July 2023 Budget surplus at 455.3M leva

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 455.3 million leva in the first seven months of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records lowest number of Covid-19 deaths in a month in 2023

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first eight months of 2023 is 339

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 339 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first eight months of 2023, according to

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