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EU approves new Blue Card rules for highly-skilled workers from outside bloc

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting on October 7, European Union justice and home affairs ministers approved new rules for the entry and residence of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry: Allow two weeks between flu and Covid-19 jabs

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Influenza has not disappeared, but because of the pandemic, more research is currently being done on Covid-19, Bulgaria’s Health Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election body opens talks to buy 1600 voting machines

October 7, 2021October 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said late on October 6 that it opened direct negotiations to purchase 1600 Smartmatic voting

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Bulgaria 

NCIPD: 5 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones

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

The number of districts in Bulgaria that are Covid-19 dark red zones, meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or more

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 91 deaths, 2542 new cases

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

Ninety-one 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 in Bulgaria: Caretaker Cabinet extends ’60:40′ wage support scheme

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

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet approved on October 6 the extension of its main wage support programme, put in place as a

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Bulgaria 

Evacuation of crew from vessel stranded on Bulgaria’s coast begins

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

The evacuation of the nine-member crew from the Vera Su, the cargo vessel that has been stranded on Bulgaria’s northern

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2021 elections: Democratic Bulgaria endorses Lozan Panov in presidential race

October 6, 2021October 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

The constituent parties of the Democratic Bulgaria coalition have endorsed the candidacy of Lozan Panov, head of the Supreme Cassation

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Bulgaria 

Antonio Sánchez, Brad Mehldau Trio to star at Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2021

October 6, 2021October 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The line-up for the Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2021, being held from October 29 to 31, includes Grammy award winners Antonio

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