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Germany, Italy, Romania ease rules on arrivals from Bulgaria

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Germany has eased its rules for people arriving from Bulgaria, removing obligatory quarantine for those who have been vaccinated, undergone

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Bulgaria 

Kunchev: Health authorities plan to extend Bulgaria’s Covid-19 epidemic declaration by a month

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said in a May 16 television interview that Bulgaria’s health authorities plan to extend

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Bulgaria 

Reasons for firing Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry chief included police violence

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The reasons cited for the dismissal for Bulgarian Interior Ministry chief secretary Ivailo Ivanov included police violence during the anti-government

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 348 deaths, 123 536 completed vaccination cycle

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 348 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Counter-protesters throw objects at participants in first Bourgas Pride

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Counter-protests threw eggs, cucumbers, bottles of water and a smoke bomb at the few dozen participants in the first-ever Bourgas

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Bulgaria 

Baltov expects Bulgaria’s ‘green corridors’ for jabs against Covid-19 to continue

May 15, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The head of Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia, Professor Assen Baltov, said in a television interview on May 15 that

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Bulgaria 

On recommendation of caretaker cabinet, Bulgarian President fires Interior Ministry head

May 15, 2021May 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Acting on the recommendation of the caretaker government, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev dismissed Interior Ministry chief secretary Ivailo Ivanov, a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 409 394 people have completed vaccination cycle

May 15, 2021May 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 33 237 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government replaces revenue, customs agencies heads

May 14, 2021May 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

On its third day in office, Bulgaria’s caretaker government announced on May 14 the dismissal and replacement of the heads

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