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Bulgaria records 994.4M leva Budget surplus in January-February 2024

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 994.4 million leva in the first two months of the

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Bulgaria 

US Air Force B-1 bombers in joint exercise with Bulgarian Air Force

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Air Force and United States Air Force are conducting a joint exercise in Bulgaria on April 2 involving

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria begins April 2024 with temperatures very high for the season

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau reported on April 1 a series of very high temperatures across the country, though adding that the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government approves pricing policy changes at Varna, Bourgas airports

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At a meeting on April 1, Bulgaria’s outgoing government approved regulatory changes introducing a new pricing policy at the airports

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of work by Kalina Taseva to open at Sofia’s Kvadrat 500 gallery

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of work by Kalina Taseva, one of the illustrious figures in the panorama of Bulgarian visual art, opens

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 2% for April 2024

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

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

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Bulgaria 

European prosecutors in evidence-gathering searches in probe into Bulgaria’s Zheleznitsa tunnel

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia, searches were taking place on April 1 in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first quarter of 2024 is 85

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Eighty-five people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2024, according to preliminary data posted

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s airports and sea ports are now in Schengen: The rules

March 31, 2024January 1, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Schengen

As of March 31, Bulgaria’s airports and sea ports – along with those in Romania – are part of the

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