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Bulgarian restaurant bodies slam MPs over green certificates

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian Association of Restaurants and the Association of Restaurants in Bulgaria have slammed MPs after Parliament again postponed a

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Bulgaria increases aid for tour operators hit by Covid crisis

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on January 5 to increase the ceiling for aid for tour operators who have to refund customers

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Bulgaria’s amended rules on entry to country take effect on January 7

January 5, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova issued an order in the early evening of January 5 on the amended rules on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister in strong call on vaccination

January 5, 2022January 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In a lengthy post on Facebook, Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova has called on those who have chosen not to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Bourgas, Varna districts become dark red zones

January 5, 2022January 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 dark red zones has risen to four after Bourgas and Varna

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Bulgaria recalls consul controversially appointed to Valencia

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

Three weeks after taking office, Bulgaria’s new government is recalling a former head of the country’s anti-corruption commission who was

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 157 deaths, 6252 new cases registered

January 5, 2022January 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 157 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to step up rules for entry from ‘red zone’ countries

January 4, 2022January 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is to amend its rules for entry to the country, to require those arriving from a country classified as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: ‘Corruption’ in contracting for antigen tests for pupils referred to prosecutors

January 4, 2022January 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body said on January 4 that it had referred to prosecutors the findings of its investigation into procedures

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