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Month: April 2021

Bulgaria 

GERB gets most votes in Bulgaria’s April 2021 parliamentary elections – final results

April 6, 2021April 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Kornelia Ninova, Slavi Trifonov

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB received the largest share of the vote in the April 4 parliamentary elections,

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Bulgaria 

For third week, every district in Bulgaria is a Covid-19 ‘red zone’

April 6, 2021April 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the third consecutive week, all of Bulgaria’s 28 districts were Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning a rate of 120 or

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors freeze, impound more than 800 000 leva intended for vote-buying

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on April 6 that prosecutors had attached or impounded the equivalent of more than 800 000

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2021 was 5.3% – Eurostat

April 6, 2021April 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2021 was 5.3 per cent, down from 5.5 per cent in January, European Union statistics

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: National information system reports 197 more deaths

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 197 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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Bulgaria 

Partial results show GERB winning Bulgaria’s April 2021 parliamentary elections

April 5, 2021April 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB was set to win the largest number of seats in the April 4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party executive bureau resigns, but not Ninova

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova said on April 5 that the party’s entire executive bureau had resigned in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 82 more deaths, active cases drop by 200

April 5, 2021July 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 82 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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Bulgaria Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s April 2021 parliamentary elections: What happens now?

April 4, 2021April 6, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2021

Traditionally, with the exit polls in, this should be an article headlined “Bulgaria’s April 2021 parliamentary elections: Winners and losers”.

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