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Bulgaria H1 2022 Budget surplus at 1.18B leva

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

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 1.18 billion leva in the first half of the year,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party quits Cabinet meeting, citing F-16 issue

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

Members of the outgoing Cabinet from the Bulgarian Socialist Party walked out of what may be the outgoing government’s final

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Bulgaria 

Democratic Bulgaria’s Ivanov calls for electoral pact among ‘protest parties’

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Democratic Bulgaria co-leader Hristo Ivanov has called for a wide pre-election coalition involving “the unification of all the forces that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Varna district to step up measures against Covid-19

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Varna

A new order for the introduction of additional measures against the spread of Covid-19 has been prepared by the regional

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes two months paid paternity leave

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on July 28 the second reading of amendments to the Labour Code that provide for fathers of

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Business 

Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria as largely unchanged

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

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

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Bulgaria 

Half of Bulgaria’s districts are Covid-19 red zones

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fourteen out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, meaning a morbidity rate between 250 and 499.9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to hold early elections after BSP gives up mandate

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), holder of the third and final mandate to seek to form a government, will return

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 13 districts are red zones

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s districts of Plovdiv and Haskovo have crossed the threshold to be reclassified from Covid-19 yellow zones to red zones,

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