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EU exported 20.1B euro Covid-19 vaccines in 2021

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

In 2021, the European Union imported 7.8 billion euro worth of Covid-19 vaccines and exported 20.1 billion euro’s worth, according

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Half of the districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 green zones

April 21, 2022April 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fourteen out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 green zones, meaning a 14-day morbidity rate of less than

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 11 deaths, 609 new cases

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

Eleven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria postpones receipt of 2.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has postponed the country taking receipt of more than 2.7 million doses of the Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine against

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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister hands Bulgaria list of needed weapons

April 20, 2022April 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba confirmed in an interview with public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television on April 20 that he

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Bulgaria 

IMF sees Bulgaria’s economy growing by 3.2% this year

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, macroeconomic indicators

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Bulgaria’s economy to grow by 3.2 per cent this year before accelerating to 4.5

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in all 185 samples – NCIPD

April 20, 2022April 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on April 20 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February 2022 was 408.1M euro

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 408.1 million euro, the equivalent

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 6 deaths, 669 new cases

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Six people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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