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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry again prolongs anti-Covid measures

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the latest time in several consecutive weeks, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Assen Medjidiev has issued an order regarding anti-epidemic

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Bulgaria’s 48th National Assembly to hold first sitting on October 19

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

Bulgaria’s 48th National Assembly is to hold its first sitting at 9am on October 19, with its order of business

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament calls for Bulgaria, Romania to be admitted to Schengen

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

Members of the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution on October 18 calling for Bulgaria and Romania

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Bulgaria 

October 25 partial solar eclipse to be visible from Bulgaria

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

Provided that skies are clear, the partial solar eclipse on October 25 2022 will be visible from Bulgaria. As Nasa

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Bulgaria 

CoE anti-torture body on Bulgaria: inter-prisoner violence, health issues, poor material conditions

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

In a new report published on October 18 2022 on its visit to Bulgaria in October 2021, the Council of

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Bulgaria 

EC: Bulgaria had EU’s second-highest road fatality rate in 2021 – final data

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s road fatality rate in 2021 was 81 per million inhabitants, the second-highest in the European Union, after Romania’s rate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government has approved about 87M leva for accommodating Ukrainians

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Since the February 2022 beginning of Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine, a succession of Bulgarian governments have approved payments of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 37 deaths, 5254 new cases

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 37 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Official: Cyber attack on Bulgarian government websites traced to Russia

October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The head of Bulgaria’s National Investigation Service, Borislav Sarafov, said on October 16 that the perpetrator of a cyber attack

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