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Month: August 2024

Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 4.5% for August 2024

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 4.5 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2024 was 4.5%

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2024 was 4.5 per cent, the same figure as in May 2024 and in June

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Business 

Bulgaria H1 2024 Budget deficit at 636M leva

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 636 million leva in the first half of the year,

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Bulgaria 

Market Links poll: Borissov’s GERB-UDF has clear lead

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB-UDF coalition would get 23 per cent of the votes

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry advises citizens not to travel to Israel

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement saying that “in connection with the dynamically developing security situation in the Middle

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road accident death toll in January-July 2024 is 246

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 246 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads between January 1 and July 31 2024, according to

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