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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 7 deaths, 0.71% tests positive

June 19, 2021June 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seven 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 

EC: Bulgaria, Romania to get read-only access to Visa Information System in July

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The European Commission adopted on June 18 a decision determining that as of July 2021, Bulgaria and Romania will gain read-only access

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 23 deaths, 0.8% tests positive

June 18, 2021June 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-three 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 Delta variant case in Bulgaria: Caretaker Health Minister asks why test result took 2 months

June 17, 2021June 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov said on June 17 that he had ordered the management of the National Centre

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Bulgaria 

N Macedonia’s PM: Bulgaria visit gives ‘new impetus’ to resolving historical issues

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on June 17 that his visit to Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Navy commander: MiG-29 crash site found, but not black box

June 17, 2021June 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The place where Bulgarian Air Force pilot Major Valentin Terziev’s MiG-29 fighter jet crashed into the Black Sea has been

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Bulgaria 

EU Health Commissioner urges Bulgarians to be vaccinated against Covid-19

June 17, 2021June 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Vaccination against Covid-19 saves lives, reduces hospitalisations, allows us to return to a new normalcy and also allows us to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister: In 2 months, 80% of over-60s will have had at least one dose

June 17, 2021June 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

If the current rate of vaccination against Covid-19 continues, in two months 80 per cent of people in Bulgaria over

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Bulgaria 

23% of Bulgarians say they will never get Covid-19 jab – highest in EU

June 17, 2021June 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-three per cent of Bulgarians polled by Eurobarometer said that they would “never” get vaccinated against Covid-19, the highest percentage

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