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Month: August 2021

Sport 

Bulgaria wins women’s rhythmic group all-around Olympic Gold in Tokyo

August 8, 2021August 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian team won gold in the women’s rhythmic group all-around at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on August 8.

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 39 deaths, 2451 more active cases

August 8, 2021August 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Sport 

Bulgarian boxer wins country’s second gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

August 7, 2021August 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Stoiko Krusteva won her country’s second gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 7, defeating Turkey’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases pass 10 000-mark

August 7, 2021August 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In the past day, the number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria passed the 10 000-mark, rising by 452

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Trifonov’s party presents proposed government to President

August 6, 2021August 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

A week to the minute after receiving a mandate from President Roumen Radev to seek to form a government, Plamen

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Bulgaria 

Caretaker Health Minister: Bulgaria will be a Covid-19 ‘orange zone’ in up to 10 days

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

If current trends continue, Bulgaria will move from the “green zone” to “orange zone” level of the rate of Covid-19

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Vaccination points in Sofia this weekend

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There will be “green corridor” vaccination points for jabs against Covid-19 in five shopping malls in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Bulgarian consumer confidence rose in past 3 months

August 6, 2021August 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The consumer confidence indicator in Bulgaria was 3.5 percentage points higher in July than in April, the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport shifts all arriving evening flights to Terminal 2

August 6, 2021August 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

As of August 9, all scheduled flights arriving at Sofia Aiport in the time range from 8pm to 8am will

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