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Bulgaria’s Parliament votes in new Defence Minister after Ukraine row

March 1, 2022August 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

At the close of a debate lasting close to three hours on March 1, Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted in Dragomir

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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry dispatches medicines to Ukraine

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health said on March 1 that it had organised the sending of a humanitarian consignment of medicinal

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Putin’s war on Ukraine halves his popularity in Bulgaria – poll

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In the first four days of the war on Ukraine ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, his popularity in Bulgaria

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 605 of 628 samples sequenced by NCIPD

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on March 1 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Number of Covid-19 dark red zones in Bulgaria continues to decrease

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Bulgaria records 937M leva Budget surplus in January 2022

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 937 million leva in the first month of the year,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 2263 deaths, 139 314 new cases in February

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 2263 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in February 2022, according to figures

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Sixty-one dead on Bulgaria’s roads in first two months of 2022

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Sixty-one people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first two months of 2022, according to provisional statistics published

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 99 deaths, 2759 new cases registered

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 99 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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