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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 92 samples – NCIPD

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has announced the results of sequencing the latest group of samples

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Bulgaria 

Denkov on WCC-Democratic Bulgaria + GERB-UDF government talks: ‘We are making progress’

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2023

We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, speaking on June 1 after several hours of negotiations with

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Bulgaria 

EC opens infringement cases against Bulgaria on money laundering, fighting fraud

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on June 1 that it opened two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria and was advancing the infringement

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In past month, 57 deaths in Bulgaria

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 57 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past month, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first five months of 2023 is 189

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 189 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2023, according to

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Bulgaria 

Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Sirens will sound across Bulgaria for two minutes at noon on June 2 2023 in an annual custom honouring the

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Bulgaria 

WCC-Democratic Bulgaria, GERB-UDF resume talks on a government

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Representatives of We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria and Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF have resumed negotiations on a proposed government. The development

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride billboards vandalised

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

Just two days after being put up, the Sofia Pride 2023 billboards were vandalised, but they will be restored as

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Bulgaria 

Thousands turn out for protest against Bulgarian President Radev: ‘Servant of Russia’

May 30, 2023May 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia

Thousands turned out in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the evening of May 30 in a protest against President Roumen

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