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Month: March 2021

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Very steep rise in mortality curve

March 11, 2021March 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There is a very steep rise in the Covid-19 mortality curve in Bulgaria, with the largest increase since September, national

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s elections: Poll shows attitudes on LGBTI issues

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Four in ten Bulgarians would be willing to vote for a political party with a positive message on LGBTI rights,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv returns 5th to 12th graders to distance learning

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

For two weeks from March 15, pupils in the fifth to 12th grades in the Plovdiv will go over to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: For second day, positive tests above 20%

March 11, 2021March 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of 13 691 tests for Covid-19 done in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, a total of 2774 – about

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Victoria taking ‘Growing Up is Growing Old’ to 2021 Eurovision song contest

March 10, 2021March 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Victoria, Bulgaria’s contestant in Eurovision 2021 will perform “Growing Up is Getting Old” at the song contest in Rotterdam in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Pupils in 5th to 12th grades in Bulgaria’s capital, some other districts, go back to distance learning

March 10, 2021March 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From March 12 to 26, in-person classes for all pupils from the fifth to 12th grades in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Bulgaria 

Rescue of Bulgarian Jews from deportation to Holocaust death camps commemorated

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Ceremonies were held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and elsewhere in the country on March 10 commemorating the 1943 rescue

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Europe 

EC in deal for 4M more doses of BioNTech-Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) said on March 10 that it had reached an agreement with BioNTech-Pfizer for the supply of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister tests positive for Covid-19

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister and one of its deputy prime ministers, has tested positive for Covid-19, she said in

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