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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron strain found in all 87 samples – NCIPD

January 20, 2023March 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on January 20 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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‘Leaders meeting’ leaves Bulgaria appearing set for early elections

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova

The probability that Bulgaria will head to its fifth parliamentary elections in three years was strengthened by a fruitless “leaders

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Bulgarian MPs approve bill to ease hiring of EU Blue Card holders

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on January 19 to approve the second reading of a bill meant to ease the issuing

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Bulgaria issues Code Orange dangerous weather warning for two districts

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of hazardous weather for two districts for January 20 because of forecast

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CoE anti-corruption body: Absence of ethics controls for top Bulgarian government officials, police

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Top officials of the Bulgaria government are not subject to a proper integrity framework – no code of ethics is

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Bulgaria’s district of Sofia declares flu epidemic, closing schools

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The district of Sofia – as distinct from Sofia city, a district on its own – has announced that an

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Bulgarian Socialist Party to seek talks with all parliamentary groups in bid to form government

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

Meeting on January 18, the national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) mandated the party leadership to invite all

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Bulgaria issues Code Red extremely dangerous weather warning for five districts

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Red warning of extremely dangerous weather for five districts on January 19 because of

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Bulgaria expresses condolences over helicopter crash in which Ukraine’s Interior Minister, 17 others died

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on January 18 that it was overwhelmed by the news of the helicopter crash in Brovary,

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