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Day: July 28, 2021

Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria updates list of red, orange and green zone foreign countries

July 28, 2021July 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued an order on the evening of July 28 updating the list of foreign

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria extends epidemic declaration to August 31

July 28, 2021July 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

At a meeting on July 28, Bulgaria’s caretaker government extended the country’s Covid-19 epidemic declaration to the end of August.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister: Big mistakes in Covid-19 vaccination plan cost 10 000 lives

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov told the National Assembly on July 28 that big mistakes in the previous government’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s National Assembly cancels summer recess

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Members of Bulgaria’s 46th National Assembly voted on July 28 to cancel Parliament’s summer recess. The motion was tabled by

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Bulgaria 

Democratic Bulgaria, Manolova’s group up stakes in talks on government

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

In an apparently co-ordinated move, the Democratic Bulgaria coalition and Maya Manolova’s parliamentary group have upped the stakes in the

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Eurohold closes deal to buy CEZ assets for 335M euro

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian insurance and asset management group Eurohold Holding said that it has closed the deal to buy the Bulgarian assets

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker Interior Minister: Hundreds of Bulgarian citizens were wiretapped

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Hundreds of Bulgarian citizens were subjected to covert surveillance at the request of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and with the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Dangerous weather warning for soaring temperatures in 21 districts

July 28, 2021July 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for 21 districts for July 29, with temperatures in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 4 deaths, 200 new cases

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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