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Month: August 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party in quixotic bid to get a government elected

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

President Roumen Radev has handed the third and final exploratory mandate to seek to form a government to Bulgarian Socialist

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Bulgaria 

Israel thanks Bulgaria for boycotting Durban IV racism conference

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

The government of Israel has thanked the government of Bulgaria for its decision not to participate in the UN high-level

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Bulgarian Parliament passes 2021 Budget revision at first reading

August 27, 2021August 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s MPs passed the 2021 Budget revision tabled by the caretaker Cabinet at first reading on August 27, with 130

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 34 deaths, 1733 new cases

August 27, 2021August 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Thirty-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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President to offer final bid to form government to Bulgarian Socialist Party

August 26, 2021August 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will on August 27 offer the third and final mandate to seek to form a government

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Bulgaria 

Facing rising migrant pressure, Bulgaria deploys hundreds of troops at Turkish, Greek borders

August 26, 2021August 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Several hundred Bulgarian military service personnel will help guard the Bulgarian border to prevent illegal entry into Bulgarian territory, caretaker

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Bulgaria 

Kunchev: Measures at national level when Covid-19 morbidity reaches 300 out of 100 000

August 26, 2021August 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

When an average level of Covid-19 infection exceeds a threshold of more than 300 per 100 000 population in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 48 deaths, 1601 new cases

August 26, 2021August 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Forty-eight 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 

Bulgaria to receive up to 70 Afghan citizens who worked at embassy, international bodies

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government decided on August 25 to provide support and asylum to up to 70 citizens of Afghanistan who

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