Bulgaria’s Parliament votes November 14 date for presidential election
Bulgaria’s National Assembly has voted for November 14 to be the date of the 2021 presidential election. The September 2
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Bulgaria utilities regulator hikes gas prices by 20.5% for September 2021
Bulgaria’s utilities regulator decided on September 1 to raise gas prices in the country by 20.5 per cent starting September
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ECFR poll: 26% of Bulgarians think government using Covid-19 to increase control
Twenty-six per cent of Bulgarians polled in a survey done for the European Council on Foreign Relations believe that the
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Bulgaria to donate 270 000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh
Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved on September 1 draft agreements on donating 270 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Turgovishte is ‘dark red’ zone
Bulgaria’s district of Turgovishte has crossed the threshold to become a Covid-19 “dark red” zone, meaning an infection rate higher
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Trifonov’s party confirms – again – it will not support a government proposed by the BSP
In a meeting lasting about six minutes on September 1, Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party confirmed – yet again – that
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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2021 was 5.9%
Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2021 was 5.9 per cent, down from six per cent the previous month but up
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Bulgaria January-July 2021 Budget surplus at 705.2M leva
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first seven months of 2021 was 705.2 million
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Bulgaria’s Medicines Agency head: About 7500 aged between 12 and 17 vaccinated against Covid-19
To date, about 7500 people in Bulgaria between the ages of 12 and 17 have been vaccinated against Covid-19, Medicines
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