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Bulgaria’s exports in Q1 2023 up 8.3% y/y, imports 4.2% higher

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe team macroeconomic indicators

In January – March 2023, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria added up to 22.84 billion leva,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: EC approves 25M leva state aid for tour operators

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe team European Commission, new coronavirus

The European Commission said on March 22 that it has approved 25 million leva, or about 12.8 million euro, in

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Europe 

EMA: Janssen vaccine against Covid-19 may be used as booster dose

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe team new coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on December 15 that its human medicines committee had concluded that a booster dose

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 124 deaths, 4957 new cases

October 20, 2021October 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe team new coronavirus

A total of 124 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s July elections: 50 candidates worked for communist-era secret service

June 29, 2021July 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe team Bulgaria elections 2021, Dossier Commission

Fifty of the candidates from various parties competing in Bulgaria’s July 2021 early parliamentary elections worked for the country’s communist-era

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