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Bulgaria’s exports in January – November 2021 up 23.3% y/y

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – November 2021, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 61 992.4 million leva,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Dark red zones rise to 22

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-two out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones, meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 77 deaths, 5703 new cases

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy-seven 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’s PM: Level of anti-epidemic measures to be based on ICU bed occupancy

January 12, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Serious measures against the spread of Covid-19 will be triggered when there is 80 per cent occupancy of intensive care

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Bulgaria moves to abolish ‘golden passports’

January 12, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Ministry of Justice is proposing that the acquisition of Bulgarian citizenship by foreigners in exchange for investments be abolished,

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Police foil bids by ‘green certificate’ protesters to storm Bulgaria’s Parliament

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four police were taken to hospital after being injured in a struggle with protesters against the green certificate system who

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Mayors of Bulgaria’s largest cities complain of soaring street lighting, public transport bills

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Street lighting bills in Bulgaria’s four largest cities – Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Bourgas – more than doubled on an

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research: Close to 61% of Bulgarians believe North Macedonia should join EU

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

A total of 60.9 per cent of Bulgarians believe that the Republic of North Macedonia should join the European Union

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Bulgaria’s Education Ministry: Number of pupils positive for Covid-19 has more than tripled

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of Covid-19 tests of pupils at schools in Bulgaria on January 10 that proved positive was more than

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