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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 33 000-mark

January 28, 2022January 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

With 78 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 registered in the past day, the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s municipalities call for help as soaring bills lead to more street lighting cutbacks

January 27, 2022January 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The number of municipalities in Bulgaria cutting back on street lighting has continued to rise in recent days, in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders’ messages on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Today, we bow our heads to the millions of Jews and other innocent people who fell victim to the Nazi

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Bulgaria 

EMA nod for Pfizer’s oral medication to treat Covid-19

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

The human medicines committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Pfizer’s oral antiviral medicine

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Bulgarian authorities take down online investment scam

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Bulgaria, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have taken down a network of online investment

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Bulgaria 

Lockheed Martin: Bulgaria to receive newest F-16 training simulators

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will receive F-16 simulators produced by Lockheed Martin to train its pilots for national and Nato defence missions, the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 70 deaths, 9916 new cases

January 27, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy 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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Bulgarian Jewish organisation slams Vuzrazhdane leader over comparison of green certificate to antisemitic measures

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” described as “inappropriate and unacceptable” a comment by Vuzrazhdane party leader Kostadin

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PM Petkov: Main risk to Bulgaria from a conflict in Ukraine is in energy sector

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

The main risk to Bulgaria from a military conflict in Ukraine is in the energy sector, in particular the gas

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