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Day: May 11, 2021

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Bulgarian President Radev names Stefan Yanev caretaker PM

May 11, 2021June 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has signed a decree dissolving the 45th National Assembly on May 12 and setting the date

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court strikes down special prosecutor position

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on May 11 that it ruled amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code, which envision the

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Bulgaria 

Jane Goodall at the Sofia Science Festival: Why I have hope for a better tomorrow

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

Conservationist Dr Jane Goodall will address the 2021 Sofia Science Festival on the topic “Why I have hope for a

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Bulgaria 

Shake-up in leadership echelon of Borissov’s GERB party

May 11, 2021May 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A May 11 national conference of outgoing Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party saw changes in the leadership echelon, with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian accommodation establishments’ revenue in March 2021 up by 16.6% y/y

May 11, 2021May 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Revenue from nights spent in accommodation establishments in Bulgaria in March 2021 was 24.6 million leva, an increase of 16.6

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Bulgaria 

Life expectancy in Bulgaria is 74.6 years – NSI

May 11, 2021May 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

In the period 2018 – 2020, life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population was 74.6 years, the National Statistical

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Bulgaria 

25 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 ‘red zones’

May 11, 2021May 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-five out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning an infection rate of 120 or higher

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 17 000-mark

May 11, 2021May 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 116 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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