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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 8% for July 2023

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved an eight per cent decrease in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Business 

Bulgaria January-May 2023 Budget deficit at 1.18B leva

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

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 1.18 billion leva in the first five months of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s tourism, environment ministers: Tests show sea water is clean

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s tourism and environment ministers have issued assurances of the cleanliness of the country’s Black Sea waters and say that

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 41 deaths in Bulgaria

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

The deaths of 41 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in H1 2023 is 225

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 225 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first half of 2023, two more than

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians divided over introduction of euro, but support has grown – Eurobarometer poll

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Forty-nine per cent of Bulgarians are in favour of adopting the euro and 49 per cent are against, with two

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Business 

Bulgaria regulator approves 4.37% hike in electricity prices for household consumers

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said on June 30 that it approved an increase in electricity prices by

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Europe 

EC report: Smooth and efficient introduction of the euro in Croatia

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, euro zone

A European Commission (EC) report issued on June 30 on the introduction of the euro in Croatia concludes that the changeover was smooth

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs vote to accept presidential veto on Judiciary Act amendments

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Parliament voted on June 30 to revise the bill amending the country’s Judiciary Act, accepting the veto imposed on

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