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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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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 dark red zones in Bulgaria rise to 21

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Bulgaria registers single-day record for new Covid-19 cases

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of 37 952 tests for Covid-19 done in Bulgaria in the past day, 7062 – about 18.6 per cent –

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Bulgaria’s PM: Visit to N Macedonia will go ahead this month

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in a video message on January 11 that a visit to North Macedonia that

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Bulgaria 

World Bank slightly raises growth outlook for Bulgaria

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, World Bank

The World Bank has slightly increased its forecast real GDP growth outlook for Bulgaria for 2022, to 3.8 per cent,

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Bulgaria reduces Covid-19 isolation, quarantine periods

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

An order issued on January 11 by Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova cuts, with immediate effect, the mandatory isolation period

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Bulgarian PM’s January 18 visit to North Macedonia postponed – report

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia

A visit to Skopje by a delegation headed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov that had been planned for January

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