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Day: June 10, 2021

Bulgaria 

Petition urges Bulgaria’s caretaker Interior Minister to secure Sofia Pride

June 10, 2021June 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

An online petition, which already has more than half of the signatures that it has set as its goal, is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MiG-29 crash: Defence Ministry confirms death of pilot

June 10, 2021June 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Air Force pilot Major Valentin Terziev died on June 9 when his MiG-29 fighter jet crashed during a training

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 crash: DNA test on ‘biological material’

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Chief Admiral Emil Eftimov said that what he termed “biological material” found among the wreckage of the MiG-29

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria mulls easing mask-wearing rules for vaccinated

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

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry is considering easing the rules about mask-wearing indoors for those who have been vaccinated, deputy minister Dr

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Bulgaria 

World Bank cuts Bulgaria 2021 economic growth forecast to 2.6%

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s economy was expected to grow by 2.6 per cent this year after shrinking by an estimated 4.2 per cent

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Bulgaria 

MiG-29 crash brings to fore issue of Bulgarian pilots’ lack of flying hours

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The cause of the June 9 crash of a Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet in the Black Sea remains

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 12 deaths, 1.32% tests positive

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

In the past 24 hours, the deaths of 12 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered,

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