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FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2022 was 1.53B euro

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2022 stood at 1.53 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria’s Dobrich district latest to declare flu epidemic

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The district of Dobrich has issued an influenza epidemic declaration, to be in effect from January 20 to 25, the

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Europol: 92 charged in bust targeting migrant smugglers in Bulgaria

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Charges have been laid against 92 people following an operation, supported by European police co-operation agency Europol, by Bulgarian authorities

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Bulgaria issues Code Orange dangerous weather warning for seven districts

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for seven districts for January 18 because of forecast

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv declares flu epidemic, but schools stay open

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Plovdiv has declared an influenza epidemic, the seventh district in the country to do so in recent

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Bulgaria applies for EU reimbursement for aid to Ukraine

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria has applied for reimbursement from the European Peace Facility fund for equipment and humanitarian aid that it has provided

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Three more districts in Bulgaria declare flu epidemic

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of districts in Bulgaria that have declared an influenza epidemic has risen to six, after Lovech, Pazardzhik and

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A million Ukrainians entered Bulgaria since war began – but only 50 262 remain

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The number of Ukrainians who have entered Bulgaria since Russia’s February 24 2022 invasion of Ukraine has passed the million

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Ninova: Bulgarian Socialist Party will ‘do everything’ to get a government elected

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will “do everything that depends on us” to get a government elected, party leader Kornelia

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