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Day: July 5, 2021

Bulgaria 

Fewer than 1000 people got Covid-19 jabs at Sofia’s ‘green corridors’ this weekend

July 5, 2021July 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

On the sixth consecutive weekend that Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia offered “green corridors” for vaccinations against Covid-19 for all comers,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office slams caretaker Interior Minister over ‘obstruction’ claims

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office has condemned comments by caretaker Interior Minister Boiko Rashkov after he alleged that prosecutors were not co-operating

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation slams candidate MP over Holocaust denial, praise of Hitler

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has strongly condemned Miroslav Ivanov, a parliamentary candidate for the ultra-nationalist Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s elections: Caretaker Interior Minister alleges Borissov’s party bought votes

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021

Police in Plovdiv had found that votes in the April 4 parliamentary elections were bought on behalf of Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: On second consecutive Sunday, no new deaths registered

July 5, 2021July 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

July 4 was the second consecutive Sunday in nine months that no new deaths were registered among people in Bulgaria

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