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Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2022 was 4.7% – Eurostat

March 3, 2022March 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2022 was 4.7 per cent, down from 4.8 per cent in December and down from

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Bulgaria 

Number of Covid-19 dark red zones in Bulgaria continues to drop

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 59 deaths, 2274 new cases

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fifty-nine 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 

Rumours on social networks trigger large queues at fuel stations in Bulgaria

March 2, 2022March 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Rumours spread on social networks about a sharp rise in fuel prices and supply problems triggered large queues at fuel

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Bulgaria 

EU assures Moldova of full support, while EC and UN refugee agency chiefs head to Romania

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, visiting Chisinau on March 2, said that he had conveyed to Moldovan President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria authorises flight to repatriate Russian citizens

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria has authorised what was described in an official Transport Ministry statement as a “humanitarian” flight to repatriate Russian citizens,

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry: So far more than 1000 Bulgarians evacuated from Ukraine

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

So far, more than 1000 Bulgarians have been evacuated from Ukraine, Foreign Ministry permanent secretary Ivan Kondov told a parliamentary

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Justice Minister asks SJC to dismiss Geshev as Prosecutor-General

March 2, 2022March 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova said on March 2 that she has submitted a formal request for the Supreme Judicial

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Bulgaria 

Head of Nato Land Command visiting Bulgaria

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The commander of Nato’s Allied Land Command, Lieutenant General Roger Cloutier, is visiting Bulgaria, according to a Bulgarian Defence Ministry

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