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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’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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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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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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US, Bulgaria begin celebrations of 120 years of diplomatic relations

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

The United States and Bulgaria have begun celebrations of 120 years of diplomatic relations, statements by the US embassy in

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Poll: Rising cost of living top concern for Bulgarians

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

The rising cost of living, such as increasing food and energy prices, is the most pressing worry for 96 per

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Bulgaria’s major ski resorts welcome first snowfall in weeks

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

January 10 saw snowfalls in the higher altitudes of Bulgaria’s ski resort of Bansko, with snow expected in the town

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Chief State Health Inspector: Flu cases in parts of Bulgaria rising rapidly

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The incidence of influenza is growing rapidly in parts of Bulgaria and in two weeks flu will spread throughout all

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