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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 20 deaths, 1005 more active cases

August 1, 2021August 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Dangerous weather warning for most of Bulgaria on August 1

July 31, 2021August 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s authorities have issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for 20 districts for August 1 because of forecast

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria H1 2021 Budget surplus at 118.2M leva

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2021 was 118.2 million leva,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 3 deaths, 346 new cases

July 31, 2021August 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of three people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on July 30, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s candidate PM from Trifonov’s party lists priorities

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

Plamen Nikolov, announced on July 30 as the Prime Minister-designate from Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party, listed the party’s “five first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Trifonov’s party names Plamen Nikolov as Prime Minister-designate

July 30, 2021August 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party revealed on July 30 that Plamen Nikolov, a business person and one of its MPs, is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Sizzling temperatures prompt dangerous weather warnings for July 31

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

Authorities in Bulgaria have issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerously hot weather for 16 districts for July 31. This

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Lab for Covid-19 tests to open at Sofia Airport Terminal 2

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

Within days, a Covid-19 laboratory will open at Sofia International Airport’s Terminal 2, the airport said on July 30. All

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet approves 2021 Budget revision bills

July 30, 2021August 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has approved a draft revision of the 2021 Budget, but its prospects of passing in a divided

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