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Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister again extends anti-Covid measures

September 28, 2022September 28, 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 

Bulgaria’s auction of stranded ship draws no bidders

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

An auction scheduled for September 28 of Vera Su, the vessel that ran aground on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in

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Bulgaria 

Three dead in lightning strike in centre of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people died and a fourth is in hospital in critical condition after a lightning strike in the centre of

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry calls on Bulgarians not to travel to Russia

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In connection with what it called the “complicated situation”, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued a call on September 27 to Bulgarians

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2022 elections: Poll sees six-group Parliament

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

Ahead of Bulgaria’s October 2 early parliamentary elections, a new poll by the Market Links agency sees six groups above

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 22 deaths, 3470 new cases

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 22 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron BA.5 lineage dominant, BA.2.75 detected – NCIPD

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on September 26 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgaria 

Radev warns of possible consequences for Bulgaria from escalation of Russia’s war on Ukraine

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s decision on “partial mobilisation” will increase the intensity of hostilities, escalate the conflict and is a security threat

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy destroys mine found near Primorsko

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Navy destroyed a sea mine that washed ashore at Maslen Point north of the resort town of Primorsko on

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