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Bulgaria ends 2024 with 3.0% consolidated Budget deficit

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget deficit for the full year 2024 was 6.14 billion leva, on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s January 2025 road death toll is 31

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 31 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in January 2025, the Interior Ministry said on February

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Bulgaria 

Lockheed Martin hands over Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16

February 1, 2025May 6, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff F-16

Manufacturer Lockheed Martin handed over the Bulgarian Air Force’s first F-16 Block 70 multi-role fighter at a ceremony at its

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Bulgaria 

EC opens seven infringement cases against Bulgaria, including two on VAT

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on January 31 that it opened seven new infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to notify

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Bulgaria 

National Assembly legislates that Bulgarian Orthodox Church is country’s sole representative of Eastern Orthodoxy

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the sole representative of the country’s traditional Eastern Orthodox Christianity and it alone may use

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s January 2025 has been driest January since 2021

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

January 2025 in Bulgaria was the country’s the driest January since 2021, the national meteorological bureau said in a provisional

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Bulgaria 

Another district in Bulgaria declares flu epidemic, suspending in-person classes at schools

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Sliven has declare a flu epidemic, to be in effect from February 3 to 11, the Health

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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2024 was 3.8%

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria in December 2024 was 3.8 per cent, down from 3.9 per cent in November 2024

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Business 

NSI poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria largely unchanged in January

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the results of which were released on January 30, has

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