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Ukraine wins 2022 Eurovision Song Contest

May 15, 2022May 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision, Russia, Ukraine

The Grand Final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Italian city of Turin on May 14, ended

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 13.7% for May 2022

May 14, 2022May 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved an increase in gas prices in the country by 13.7 per cent for the month

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government issues assurances to Ukrainians who have temporary protection

May 14, 2022May 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Deputy Prime Minister Kalina Konstantinova, in a video address released on May 13, has offered clarification to Ukrainians who have

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Bulgaria 

All but one district in Bulgaria are Covid-19 green zones

May 14, 2022May 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-seven out of 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 green zones – meaning, a 14-day morbidity rate lower than 100

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government coalition council holds talks on euro adoption plan

May 14, 2022May 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian National Bank is to prepare a report within a month or two assessing the impact of the adoption of

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Bulgaria 

Partial lunar eclipse over Bulgaria in early hours of May 16

May 14, 2022May 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Forecast cloudiness permitting, a partial lunar eclipse will be visible over Bulgaria in the early hours of May 16. The

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Bulgaria 

Russia expels another Bulgarian diplomat

May 13, 2022May 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Russia is expelling another Bulgarian diplomat, in the latest of a succession of expulsions in retaliation for Bulgaria declaring Russian

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Bulgaria 

Young dolphin in distress rescued in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A young dolphin was rescued and returned to the sea at Bourgas central beach after a report that it had

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Finance Minister: 16M leva spent on Ukrainian refugees

May 13, 2022May 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The state has spent 16 million leva (about 8.2 million euro) on Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria, Finance Minister Assen Vassilev

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