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Day: December 1, 2023

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament ratifies contract on $2.2B Stryker combat vehicles acquisition

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved, at a single sitting on December 1, the first and second readings of the ratification of a

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 6.5% for December 2023

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

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 6.5 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Business 

Bulgaria January-October 2023 Budget deficit at 1.44B leva

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

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 1.44 billion leva in the first 10 months of the

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Bulgaria 

Poll: GERB-UDF 22.8%, WCC-Democratic Bulgaria 17.4%

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Were parliamentary elections held immediately, 22.8 per cent of those who would vote would back Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF and 17.4

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Bulgaria 

Zelenskyy informs Bulgarian PM of Ukraine’s current defence needs

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov, Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskky said that he had informed Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov about Ukraine’s current defense needs, particularly

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first 11 months of 2023 is 488

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 488 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and November 30 2023, according to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past month, 73 deaths, 5407 new cases

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

The deaths of 73 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in November, according to the

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