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Month: February 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 10 000-mark

February 25, 2021February 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 has passed the 10 000-mark, with 48

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Bulgaria 

David Clark: A Traveller’s tale

February 24, 2021February 26, 2021 David Clark

I listen to people’s travel stories with some reservations. “Yes I’ve been to that country’’. “I went to Rome, I

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President asks Constitutional Court to rule on special prosecutor role

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has asked the Constitutional Court to overturn amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code, which envision

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria announces rules for re-opening of restaurants on March 1

February 24, 2021February 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Restaurants in Bulgaria will be allowed to re-open on March 1, but may use no more than half of their

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Bulgaria 

Exacta Poll finds sharp drop in Bulgarians wanting Covid-19 vaccination

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-nine per cent of Bulgarians polled by the Exacta Research Group in February said that they definitely wanted to be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Restaurants re-open on March 1, nightclubs on April 1

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told a February 24 Cabinet meeting that restaurants and gambling halls would be allowed to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 45 more deaths, 17 163 doses of vaccine administered in past day

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 17 163 doses of vaccine against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria on February 23, the highest number

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria extends deadline in Plovdiv airport concession tender for a fourth time

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has extended the deadline for bids in the concession tender for Plovdiv Airport until March 24, a

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Bulgaria 

Two-thirds of Bulgaria’s districts are Covid-19 ‘red zones’

February 23, 2021February 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Nineteen out of Bulgaria’s 28 districts are currently classified as Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning an incidence of more than 200

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