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Bulgaria’s Blagoevgrad district becomes Covid-19 green zone

March 9, 2022March 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s district of Blagoevgrad has been reclassified as a Covid-19 green zone, after the morbidity rate dropped below 100 out

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 41 deaths, 2180 new cases

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Forty-one 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 

Interior Ministry: More than 43 000 Ukrainians have entered Bulgaria since February 24

March 8, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Plovdiv, Russia, Sofia, Ukraine

Since February 24, the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s current invasion of Ukraine, more than 43 000 Ukrainians have entered Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria 

Volunteers who speak Russian, Ukrainian or English needed for Plovdiv-Ukraine district HQ

March 8, 2022March 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Russia, Ukraine

Recruitment of volunteers who speak Russian, Ukrainian or English, needed for the new Plovdiv-Ukraine district headquarters, is beginning immediately, district

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Bulgaria 

Upward curve for Bulgaria’s exports of military products

March 8, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In three months, Bulgaria has exported military products to a value of more than half a billion euro, close to

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Bulgaria 

PM: Will not support sanctions against Russia unfavourable to Bulgaria

March 8, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria will not support sanctions against Russia that are unfavourable to our country, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 4.2% economic growth in 2021

March 8, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 4.2 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 91 deaths, 2462 new cases registered

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 91 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 3.5% for March 2022

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator said on March 7 that it approved an increase in gas prices in the country by 3.5

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