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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in all but one of 270 samples – NCIPD

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on March 18 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 26 deaths, 1720 new cases

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-six people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria’s former PM Borissov ‘taken into custody’ – reports

March 17, 2022March 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

The former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Boiko Borissov, was allegedly arrested on the night of March 17, Bulgarian media said,

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Bulgaria 

Issue of military equipment for Ukraine to be raised in US defence chief’s visit to Bulgaria

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

During the visit to Bulgaria by US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, the question will be raised whether Bulgaria would be

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Bulgaria 

Border Police: Close to 42 000 Ukrainians in Bulgaria

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Since February 24, about 90 000 Ukrainians have entered Bulgaria, of whom close to 42 000 remain in the country,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria scraps green certificates entirely, and Covid-19 tests in schools

March 17, 2022March 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From March 21, the requirement for a green certificate is scrapped “for all activities and events” within Bulgaria is scrapped,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new passenger car registrations up 16% in January-February 2022 y/y

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January and February 2022 were up by 16 per cent compared with the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 26 deaths, 1949 new cases

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

Twenty-six people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Co-ordination centre to help Ukrainian refugees opened at Sofia Railway Station

March 16, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Close to three weeks after the start of Russia’s current war on Ukraine, a co-ordination centre for the reception of

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