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Bulgaria issues Code Orange dangerous weather warning for seven districts

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for seven districts for January 18 because of forecast

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv declares flu epidemic, but schools stay open

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Plovdiv has declared an influenza epidemic, the seventh district in the country to do so in recent

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Bulgaria applies for EU reimbursement for aid to Ukraine

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria has applied for reimbursement from the European Peace Facility fund for equipment and humanitarian aid that it has provided

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Europe 

EC pays out 3BN euro first instalment of assistance package for Ukraine

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission (EC) paid out on January 17 a first instalment of three billion euro of the up to 18

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Three more districts in Bulgaria declare flu epidemic

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of districts in Bulgaria that have declared an influenza epidemic has risen to six, after Lovech, Pazardzhik and

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A million Ukrainians entered Bulgaria since war began – but only 50 262 remain

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The number of Ukrainians who have entered Bulgaria since Russia’s February 24 2022 invasion of Ukraine has passed the million

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Bulgaria records 16.9 per cent annual inflation in 2022

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 16.9 per cent inflation in December 2022, data released by the National Statistical

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Ninova: Bulgarian Socialist Party will ‘do everything’ to get a government elected

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will “do everything that depends on us” to get a government elected, party leader Kornelia

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 17 deaths, 891 new cases

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 17 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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