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Month: January 2021

Bulgaria 

Platform for volunteers to monitor Bulgaria’s ballot count says it came under attack

January 15, 2021January 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

An online platform set up to recruit 12 000 volunteers to monitor ballot counting on Bulgaria’s April 4 parliamentary election

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 47 more deaths, 648 vaccinations in past day

January 15, 2021January 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll has risen by 47 in the past day to a total of 8396, according to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev decrees April 4 date for parliamentary elections

January 14, 2021January 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said on January 14 that he has signed a decree that the country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to start second phase of Covid-19 vaccinations on January 18

January 14, 2021January 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The second phase of Bulgaria’s campaign of vaccinations against Covid-19 will begin on January 18 in areas where quantities of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 70 more deaths, total vaccinated now 17 038

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria faces ‘rigged elections’ playbook challenge

January 13, 2021January 15, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2021

If there is one thing that Trump will leave in his aftermath – it cannot correctly be called a legacy

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria to begin mass testing of teachers on January 25

January 13, 2021January 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Mass testing of teachers for Covid-19 will begin on January 25 so that an assessment can be made whether and

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Bulgaria 

First batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines arrives in Bulgaria

January 13, 2021January 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The first batch, 2400 doses, of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 arrived in Bulgaria on January 13. Bulgaria has ordered

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Bulgaria 

Roads closed, houses flooded, in parts of Bulgaria in aftermath of heavy rains

January 13, 2021January 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The road between the town of Gotse Delchev and Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko was closed to traffic in both

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