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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Districts classified as yellow zones rise to 24

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-four out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are classified as Covid-19 yellow zones, meaning a 14-day morbidity rate between

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court strikes down appointment of utilities regulator chief

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on July 21 that the appointment of Stanislav Todorov as the head of the Electricity and

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Plovdiv, seven more districts in Bulgaria introduce anti-Covid measures

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s districts of Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Montana, Pernik, Razgrad, Stara Zagora and Haskovo have become the latest to introduce, as

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Bulgaria’s government approves payment to hotels hosting Ukrainian refugees

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has allocated close to 80 million leva (about 40.9 million euro) to pay hotels and other places of

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 23 yellow zones, 3 red zones

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 yellow zones – meaning a 14-day morbidity rate between 100 and

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More districts in Bulgaria introduce anti-Covid measures

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The district of Varna, which currently has the highest Covid-19 morbidity rate in Bulgaria, is among the latest to introduce

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Bulgaria’s Bourgas, Yambol districts introduce measures against spread of Covid-19

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Measures against the spread of Covid-19 take effect on July 20 in Bulgaria’s districts of Bourgas and Yambol. In Bourgas,

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns on UK travel

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The lack of sufficient staff at certain airports in the United Kingdom has caused, and is expected to cause, the

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Bulgarian hotels protest over delayed payments for hosting Ukrainian refugees

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Hoteliers from Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach and Ukrainian refugees protested on July 19 because of delays in

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