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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 45 deaths registered in past week

May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 45 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has spent 320M leva on vaccines against Covid-19 – report

May 22, 2022May 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria has spent 320 million leva (about 163.6 million euro) on vaccines against Covid-19, television station bTV said on May

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s programme for accommodating Ukrainian refugees after May 31 to be open to hotels

May 20, 2022May 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Not only state and municipal facilities, but also places of accommodation recorded in the National Tourist Register may participate in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to set up unit to monitor disinformation in media, social networks

May 20, 2022May 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A new analytical unit to be up at Bulgaria’s E-government Ministry to monitor the content of media and social networks

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Bulgarian, Romanian railways in joint offer of free travel to Ukrainians

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, Refugees, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian state railways BDZ and Romanian state railway passenger operator Căile Ferate Române are jointly offering direct free rail transport

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Europe 

EC proposes allowing EU countries to pay one-off aid to farmers facing rising costs

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has proposed an exceptional measure funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to allow

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Europe 

EU disburses 600M euro macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, disbursed 600 million euro in Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Ukraine on May

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Bulgaria 

CoE urges Bulgaria to improve protection from violence against women, domestic violence

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

In a letter addressed to Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova, Council of Europe Commissioner for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s life expectancy in 2019 – 2021 dropped by a year

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria, calculated for the period 2019 – 2021, is 73.6 years, down by a year

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