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Bulgaria: 450M leva aid for electricity bills at schools, community centres

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

A sum of 450 million leva is available for compensation for schools, community centres and children’s homes facing high electricity

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 96 deaths, 8142 new cases

February 4, 2022February 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety-six 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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Poll: Bulgarians critical of government’s response to rising electricity bills

February 3, 2022February 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Three-quarters of Bulgarian households are experiencing difficulties because of rising electricity bills and are trying to take steps to reduce

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Twenty-one Bulgarian MPs to be fined for not wearing masks in the House

February 3, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Sofia regional health inspectorate is to fine 21 members of Bulgaria’s National Assembly after inspectors checked the House on

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 87 deaths, 9152 new cases

February 3, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighty-seven 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’s PM in talks with Nato chief on Russian troop build-up on Ukraine’s border

February 2, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov discussed the continuing build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine in a video

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Bulgarian municipalities may get state help with high electricity bills – subject to checks

February 2, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Municipalities in Bulgaria – many of them cutting back street lighting and heating of public buildings because of soaring electricity

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament accepts resignation of head of anti-corruption body

February 2, 2022February 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 2 to accept the resignation of Sotir Tsatsarov as head of the anti-corruption and

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Bulgaria’s Pazardzhik, Veliko Turnovo districts step up anti-epidemic measures

February 2, 2022February 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Covid-19 district operational headquarters in Pazardzhik has ordered stepped-up anti-epidemic measures, in effect from February 2 to 18, because

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