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Bulgaria’s Bansko lift pass price cut to 60 leva a day as many lifts closed

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Lance Nelson tourism

Lift pass prices in Bulgaria’s mountain resort Bansko have been reduce to 60 leva a day for an adult pass and

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Bulgaria’s Borovets, Pamporovo resorts announce 2022/23 ski season opening dates

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Borovets is to open its 2022/23 ski season on December 22, the resort announced on its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria increases pay of regional health inspectorate, emergency medical care staff

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has approved additional spending of more than 4.6 million leva to increase the pay of staff of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sells ship that was stranded on coastline

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

At the fourth attempt, Bulgaria’s Maritime Administration agency has auctioned the Vera Su, the vessel that was stranded on the

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MoD: Bulgaria has given close to half a billion leva humanitarian aid to Ukraine

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Bulgaria has provided 448 million leva humanitarian aid to Ukraine, caretaker Defence Minister

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Bulgarian weapons in service with Ukrainian territorial forces – report

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian ATGL-H anti-tank recoilless rifles have been transferred to the territorial defence forces of Ukraine, according to an Ukrainian website.

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 65 samples – NCIPD

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on December 19 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Bulgarians polarised about euro adoption – Alpha Research poll

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Attitudes among Bulgarians towards adoption of the euro are polarised, according to a poll by the Alpha Research agency, commissioned

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Exacta poll: Most Bulgarians continue to back membership of EU, Nato

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

About 71 per cent of Bulgarians support the country’s membership of the European Union while 22 per cent are opposed,

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