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Bulgarian government votes 38M leva to keep fuel subsidy for motorists to year-end

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has allocated 38 million leva (about 19.4 million euro) to keep the fuel subsidy of 25 stotinki

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Less than 11 per cent of Bulgarians said their household income in 2021 was higher than 2020

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Just 10.9 per cent of the population of Bulgaria said that their household income in 2021 was higher than in

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 38 000-mark

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

With 13 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 registered in the past day, the country’s

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EC report: Less than half of Bulgarians confident in Covid-19 vaccines

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Just 45.1 per cent of Bulgarians believe that vaccines against Covid-19 are safe, important, effective and compatible with their beliefs,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 43 deaths, 1676 new cases

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 43 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria’s caretaker government ‘to extend fuel price discount to end of year’

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government will extend the fuel price discount scheme for private motorists to the end of 2022, caretaker Transport

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings for November 21 over rain, strong winds

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Blagoevgrad is subject to the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for November 21 because of forecast

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Bulgaria arrests 5 alleged accomplices of Istanbul attackers

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey, Türkiye

Bulgaria has taken into custody five foreign nationals who allegedly were accomplices of the perpetrators of the November 13 bomb

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings over forecast rain, winds

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for the district of Vidin for November 20 because

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