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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 70 deaths, 2050 new cases

October 1, 2021October 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy 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 January-August 2021 Budget surplus at 880.5M leva

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first eight months of 2021 was 880.5 million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry launches game to encourage people to get Covid-19 jabs

September 30, 2021October 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health is launching a new information campaign aimed at promoting vaccination against Covid-19 in the country, including

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EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria on open data use

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on September 30 that it opened infringement proceedings against 19 member states, Bulgaria among them, concerning

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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in August was 5.6%

September 30, 2021October 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in August 2021 was 5.6 per cent, unchanged from the previous month and up from 5.1 per

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Bulgaria 

Civil defence sirens to be tested in Sofia, other parts of Bulgaria, on October 1

September 30, 2021October 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Sirens will sound on October 1 at 11am in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and other parts of the country in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 87 deaths, 2142 new cases

September 30, 2021October 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighty-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 

Bulgaria’s 2021 census: Household visits extended by a week

September 29, 2021October 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

Bulgaria’s caretaker government decided on September 29 to extend the period for household visits by census enumerators to 8pm on

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Business climate in Bulgaria worsened again in September

September 29, 2021September 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found gloomier views about the business climate in September.

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