Bulgaria: GERB-UDF refuses to try to form government
The parliamentary group of GERB-UDF refused on July 14 a mandate from head of state President Roumen Radev to seek
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Bulgaria’s PM on Covid-19: No closing of businesses, no travel restrictions
Bulgaria’s government does not intend ordering businesses to close, restoring the requirement for Covid certificate or imposing travel restrictions, outgoing
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Poll: 88% of Bulgarians see corruption as widespread
Eighty-eight per cent of Bulgarians think that corruption in the country is widespread, according to a special Eurobarometer poll, the
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UNHCR, Unicef open ‘Blue Dot’ support centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria’s Varna
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bulgaria, in partnership with
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Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies Nato accession protocols of Sweden and Finland
By 195 votes to 11, Bulgaria’s Parliament ratified on July 13 the second reading of the Nato accession protocols of
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Close to half of the districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 yellow zones
Thirteen out of 28 districts in Bulgaria are classified as Covid-19 yellow zones, according to the figures in the July
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Bulgarian President: ‘Most expedient’ to hold elections at beginning of October
If the next attempts at forming a government within the current Parliament prove fruitless, it would be most expedient to
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Poll: Bulgarians top in EU in saying they are exposed to disinformation, fake news
Among the 27 European Union countries, Bulgarians have the highest percentage who say that they had often been exposed to
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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry proposes free Covid-19 rapid antigen tests at GPs
As the Covid-19 situation in Bulgaria worsens, the country’s Health Ministry is proposing that the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)
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