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Frontex: 66 000 Russians entered EU in past week

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Sixty-six thousand Russian citizens have entered the European Union over the past week (September 19-25), a 30 per cent increase

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Europe 

Study: Droughts alone could cost 1% of GDP in CEE in coming years

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

As heatwaves and droughts in summer 2022 proved again, the number and impact of natural disasters in Europe, and especially

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Bulgaria 

Three dead in lightning strike in centre of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people died and a fourth is in hospital in critical condition after a lightning strike in the centre of

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Leisure 

Award-winning international stars at Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2022

September 27, 2022November 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The 2022 Plovdiv Jazz Fest will be on at the Boris Christoff House of Culture in the Bulgarian city from

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Europe 

Eurostat: EU tourism getting closer to 2019 levels

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The European Union’s tourism industry seems to be rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic strongly, with data for 2022 closely mirroring that

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry calls on Bulgarians not to travel to Russia

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In connection with what it called the “complicated situation”, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued a call on September 27 to Bulgarians

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2022 elections: Poll sees six-group Parliament

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

Ahead of Bulgaria’s October 2 early parliamentary elections, a new poll by the Market Links agency sees six groups above

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 22 deaths, 3470 new cases

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 22 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron BA.5 lineage dominant, BA.2.75 detected – NCIPD

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on September 26 that it has completed the sequencing of

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