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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 12 deaths, 894 new cases

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 12 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Direct flights to Wroclaw, Oslo and Riyadh in Sofia Airport’s summer schedule

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport, tourism

Sofia Airport’s summer schedule offers passengers a choice of 77 scheduled and 19 charter destinations, the airport said in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government launches food price comparison platform

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian caretaker government put online on March 24 a platform for monitoring the prices of a number of basic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria changes to summer daylight savings time: Railway timetable affected

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Clocks in Bulgaria change to summer daylight savings time on March 26 at 3am, going forward an hour, and this

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Bulgaria 

EC approves additional 213M leva in state aid for Bulgarian farmers

March 24, 2023June 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission has approved 213 million leva, or about 109 million euro, in state aid for Bulgarian agricultural producers

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Bulgaria 

President Radev: Bulgaria will want guarantees arms sold to third countries do not go to Ukraine

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

If Bulgaria sells weapons to other countries, it will set conditions that they will not be resold to Ukraine, President

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Bulgaria 

South African tourism promoted at event in Bulgaria’s capital

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

There is untapped value regarding outbound tourism from Bulgaria to South Africa, the country’s ambassador Thabo Thage told an event

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government extends accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

At a meeting on March 22, Bulgaria’s caretaker government extended to April 20 2023 the accommodation scheme for Ukrainians fleeing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian extradited to US to face charges in connection with OneCoin

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian national Irina Dilkinska has been extradited to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud

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