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Month: August 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had third-lowest alcohol prices in EU in 2020 – Eurostat

August 30, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the third-lowest alcohol prices in the European Union in 2020, according to figures released on August 30 by

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 26 deaths, 5.86% tests positive

August 30, 2021August 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-six 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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Bulgaria 

David Clark: Lost in Time

August 30, 2021August 31, 2021 David Clark

“It’s a long way off the main road,” I commented as we bumped and swerved down the potholed road to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 238 deaths in past week

August 29, 2021August 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 238 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria adds US, Ireland, N Macedonia to red list of countries with travel restrictions

August 28, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has issued an order amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively as red,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 43 deaths, 1713 new cases

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

Forty-three 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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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: As more districts in Bulgaria turn red, caretaker Health Minister says new measures not needed

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

With the Covid-19 morbidity rate in Bulgaria on August 27 close to the threshold for a red zone, caretaker Health

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Romania reclassifies Bulgaria as ‘yellow zone’

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Romania

Romania has reclassified Bulgaria as a Covid-19 yellow zone as of midnight on August 29, meaning that arrivals must go

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 vaccination points in Sofia, several other cities in Bulgaria this weekend

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Vaccination points against Covid-19 will be open in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and several other places in the country this

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