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Blaze at Bulgarian munitions store: ‘Perimeter was breached’

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Before an explosion that caused a blaze at his ammunition warehouses in Karnobat on July 31, an alarm had signalled

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Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.3% in June 2022 – Eurostat

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.3 per cent in June 2022, down from 5.3 per cent in June 2021 but up

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first seven months of 2022 is 287

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 287 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first seven months of 2022, according to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 125 deaths in Bulgaria

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 125 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Missile part found in sea near Bulgaria’s Arapiya

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Part of a missile, identified as the stage 1 booster, has been found in the sea near Arapiya on Bulgaria’s

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Seventeen out of 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventeen 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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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’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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