David Clark: A Bulgarian Christmas ghost story
The September nights were drawing in, it was dark by six and the leaves were starting to fall. The grapes
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Bulgarian MPs approve 1.2B leva spending for pensions, energy assistance
Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on December 23 a Cabinet proposal to allocate 1.2 billion leva, or 613.6 million euro, for pensions
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Bulgaria moves against bid by mobile operators to raise fees
Authorities in Bulgaria say that they are moving against the announcements by the country’s three mobile operators that they will
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Bulgaria to pay bonus to over-65s vaccinated against Covid-19
People in Bulgaria over 65 will receive a one-off supplement of 75 leva (about 38 euro) to their pensions if
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Delta variant found in all 371 sequenced samples – NCIPD
Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on December 23 that it has completed the sequencing of
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 15 red zones, 12 yellow, one green
The number of districts in Bulgaria that are Covid-19 red zones – meaning a morbidity rate from 250 to 499.9
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 56 deaths, 1463 new cases
A total of 56 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the
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Bulgaria moves to dismiss public servants past pensionable age
Bulgaria’s coalition government approved a number of decisions on December 22 opening the way for the dismissal of employees in
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Democratic Bulgaria wants Defence Minister summoned over stance on Nato troop deployment
Ruling coalition partner Democratic Bulgaria wants Defence Minister Stefan Yanev summoned to Parliament’s defence committee to explain his stance on
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