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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 8 deaths, active cases rose to 21 178

August 23, 2021August 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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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Covid-19: Denmark reclassifies Bulgaria ‘yellow’ zone, Czech Republic deems Bulgaria high risk

August 22, 2021August 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Authorities in Denmark have removed Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Norway and Sweden from the Covid-19 “green” category and included them in the

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Bulgaria 

Another group of Bulgarians evacuated from Afghanistan arrives in country

August 22, 2021August 23, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Nine Bulgarian citizens who were evacuated by international flight from Kabul to Doha earlier this week are now on Bulgarian

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Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital defaced with swastika, white supremacist symbol

August 22, 2021August 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A wall of the Sofia Central Synagogue was defaced with an antisemitic message and a swastika, Bulgaria’s Central Israelite Spritual

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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia starts new campaign to encourage vaccination against Covid-19

August 22, 2021August 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia

Against a background of Bulgaria’s continuing poor performance in the rate of vaccinations against Covid-19, while the numbers of infections

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 128 deaths, close to 8000 new cases

August 22, 2021August 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 128 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Covid-19: Belgium changes rules for arrivals from Bulgaria, Spain deems whole country ‘at risk’

August 21, 2021August 23, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of August 21, Belgium has declared Bulgaria a Covid-19 “red zone”, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said. Those arriving in Belgium

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 21 deaths, active cases rise above 20 000-mark

August 21, 2021August 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-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: Borissov’s GERB-UDF declines mandate to form government

August 20, 2021August 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

As it had telegraphed it would, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition formally declined on August 20 a mandate to seek to

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