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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 17 deaths, 891 new cases

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

The deaths of 17 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgarian Socialist Party to receive third and final mandate to seek to form government

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

On January 16, head of state President Roumen Radev will hand the Bulgarian Socialist Party the third and final mandate

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Bulgaria 

Four people charged in Bulgaria’s investigation into cryptofirm Nexo

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Four individuals have been charged by Bulgarian prosecutors in the pre-trial investigation of cryptofirm Nexo, Bulgarian law enforcement authorities said

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Bulgaria 

Classes suspended in Bulgaria’s Stara Zagora as district declares flu epidemic

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

An influenza epidemic declaration is to be in effect in Bulgaria’s district of Stara Zagora from January 17 to 23

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve additional windfall profit tax on country’s sole oil refinery

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Parliament voted late on January 12 to approve a bill that will impose an additional tax on windfall profits

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Call centres selling fake crypto taken down in Bulgaria, Serbia and Cyprus

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Law enforcement and judicial authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany and Serbia, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have teamed up against

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borovets opening Yastrebets ski centre for season on January 14

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The opening of the Yastrebets ski centre in Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Borovets, which had been scheduled for January 12,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs ask caretaker Cabinet to renegotiate terms of EU post-Covid stimulus

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on January 12 to require the country’s caretaker Cabinet to renegotiate with the European Commission part

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Bulgaria 

Schools in Bulgaria’s Shoumen district to close because of flu

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Schools in Bulgaria’s Shoumen district will be closed from January 13 to 18 inclusive because of the large number of

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