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New passenger car registrations in Q1 2022 in Bulgaria up 19.5% y/y

April 20, 2022April 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January to March 2022 were 19.5 per cent higher than in the first

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Bulgaria 

Visiting Sofia, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister thanks Bulgaria for helping refugees

April 19, 2022April 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

On the first of a two-day visit to Sofia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expressed thanks to Bulgaria for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways provides 10 400 additional seats for Orthodox Easter weekend

April 19, 2022April 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ said that it is to provide more than 10 400 additional seats on trains for the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 26 deaths, 895 new cases registered

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 26 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual inflation reaches 12.4% in March, highest since July 2008

April 19, 2022April 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 12.4 per cent inflation in March 2022, up from 10 per cent a

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Bulgaria 

Russia expels 10 Bulgarian diplomats

April 18, 2022April 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia has declared a number of Bulgarian diplomats persona non grata, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on April 18,

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research: Disapproval ratings of Bulgaria’s government, PM double

April 18, 2022April 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

The disapproval ratings of Bulgaria’s coalition government and Prime Minister Kiril Petkov have more than doubled since February, according to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 17 yellow zones, 11 green zones

April 18, 2022April 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Over the weekend, the number of districts in Bulgaria classified as green zones – meaning a morbidity of less than

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Three deaths registered this past weekend

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of three people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered this past weekend, one on

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