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Voting machines to be available at 5900 polling stations in Bulgaria’s mayoral elections run-offs

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023

Voting machines will be available at 5900 polling stations in Bulgaria’s mayoral elections run-offs on November 5, Bulgarian National Television

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Bulgaria expels Russian Rossiyskaya Gazeta correspondent as threat to national security

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has expelled Alexander Gatsak, a correspondent for Russian government-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta, as a threat to national security, the State

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s weather bureau: One of the warmest Octobers in past 90 years

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

October 2023 was one of the warmest Octobers in Bulgaria in the past 90 years, the country’s weather bureau said

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World 

Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Secretary General slams unprecedented rise in antisemitism

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Secretary General Dr Kathrin Meyer has issued a statement slamming the unprecedented rise in antisemitism

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EC authorises third adapted vaccine for EU countries’ autumn vaccination campaigns

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

The European Commission (EC) said on November 1 that it has authorised the Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5-adapted vaccine against, developed by Novavax,

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Bulgaria January-September 2023 Budget deficit at 841M leva

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

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 841 million leva in the first nine months of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records its highest Covid-19 death toll in a month in 2023

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

The deaths of 90 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in October, according to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first 10 months of 2023 is 444

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 444 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first 10 months of 2023, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2023 mayoral elections: Borissov effectively endorses socialist-backed Grigorova

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

GERB-UDF leader Boiko Borissov has declined to officially endorse either candidate in the Sofia mayoral election run-off on November 5,

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