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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: All but 3 districts are green zones

July 13, 2021July 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-five out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 green zones, meaning an infection rate of less than 20

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Trifonov’s ITN set to win Bulgaria’s July 2021 parliamentary elections – partial results

July 12, 2021July 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party appeared set to win the largest number of votes in the July 11

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s July elections: Trifonov does not want to form a government, Borissov says

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

The statement on the morning of July 12 by ITN leader Slavi Trifonov about the cabinet that he is unilaterally

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Trifonov names proposed cabinet with Nikolai Vassilev as PM

July 12, 2021July 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

With the official results of Bulgaria’s July 11 early parliamentary elections still pending, ITN leader Slavi Trifonov has listed the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, no new deaths, 0.26% tests positive

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll remains at 18 140, after no new deaths were registered on July 11 – the third

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Alpha Research parallel count shows Trifonov’s ITN with fractional lead

July 11, 2021July 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

In Bulgaria’s July 11 early parliamentary elections, Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party got 24 per cent, ahead of Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Borissov’s GERB, Trifonov’s ITN neck-and-neck – exit poll

July 11, 2021July 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

An exit poll by Alpha Research agency, the results of which were released after voting ended in Bulgaria in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria awaits results of key parliamentary election

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Problems with voting machines in some places, and expectations of a reduced voter turnout compared with the parliamentary elections in

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Bulgaria 

Voting underway in Bulgaria’s July early parliamentary elections

July 11, 2021July 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Voting is underway in Bulgaria’s second parliamentary elections in 2021. The July 11 early parliamentary elections are a consequence of

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