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Day: December 9, 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria eases rules for return to in-person school classes

December 9, 2021December 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From December 15, in-person classes will be allowed at schools in Bulgaria if there is consent for 30 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body probes Health Ministry over purchases of Covid tests for pupils

December 9, 2021December 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission said on December 9 that it had begun an investigation into the Ministry of Health in connection

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s WCC hopes for coalition government agreement on December 10

December 9, 2021December 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

The co-leaders of Bulgaria’s We Continue the Change (WCC) party have expressed hope that agreement on a coalition government will

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Europe 

Move to criminalise hate speech, hate crimes at EU level

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has presented an initiative to criminalise hate speech and hate crime at EU level. “Hate speech and

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Europe 

EU extends ‘roam like at home’ to 2032

December 9, 2021December 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Parliament and EU member states have agreed to extend the “roam like at home” system – whereby citizens

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Sofia reclassified from dark red to red zone

December 9, 2021December 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 116 deaths, 1652 new cases

December 9, 2021December 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 116 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the

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