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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll in 2022 was 7153

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 7153 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in 2022, according to figures

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Business 

Bulgaria to withdraw 2005-issue 20 leva banknote from circulation

January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The governing council of central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has decided to take out of circulation the banknotes of 20

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in 2022 was 525

January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 525 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in 2022, according to provisional figures published by the

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Business 

Bulgaria January-November 2022 Budget deficit at 398M leva

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 398 million leva in the first 11 months of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s public holidays and long weekends in 2023

January 1, 2023January 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

January 2 2023 is a public holiday in Bulgaria because January 1 is on a Sunday. This is one of

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Europe 

Croatia joins euro zone, Schengen

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, euro zone, Schengen

As of January 1 2023, Croatia has become the 20th country to introduce the euro and the 27th to become

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station signs fuel agreement with Framatome

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station and Framatome signed on December 30 a preliminary agreement for deliveries of nuclear fuel for

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Bulgaria 

Poll: ‘Everyone to blame’ for continued stalemate in Bulgarian government talks

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Fifty-one per cent of Bulgarians polled by the Market Links agency said that the blame, should Parliament fail to vote

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Business 

NSI poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria improves in December

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers see the business climate in Bulgaria

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