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Statistical institute publishes causes of deaths in Bulgaria in 2021

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) published on June 28 statistics on causes of deaths in 2021, showing that diseases of

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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia becomes Covid-19 yellow zone

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has risen above the threshold to be reclassified from a Covid-19 green zone to a yellow

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Bulgaria: Delays in consultations push back start of bids to form government

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s round of political consultations with parliamentary groups, ahead of handing over a mandate to seek to

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Bulgaria’s President schedules consultations after government submits resignation

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev scheduled two days of consultations with the country’s seven parliamentary groups on June

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NSI: Number of newspapers in Bulgaria continued to shrink in 2021

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A total of 201 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2021, eight fewer than in 2020, according to figures published

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Kunchev: New wave of Covid-19 in Bulgaria to peak in two to three weeks

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is already in a new wave of Covid-19, Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev told Nova Televizia in an

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Twenty-two Covid-19 deaths in Bulgaria in past week, as morbidity rate climbs

June 27, 2022June 27, 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’s Petkov sets stark lines for talks on future government

June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov

The co-leader of Bulgaria’s We Continue the Change (WCC) party, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, set out on June 26 the

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Bulgaria’s government ministers deny supplying weapons to Ukraine

June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Several members of Bulgaria’s government have queued up to deny that the country is supplying weapons to Ukraine. The reactions

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