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Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport a stop on teen Zara Rutherford’s round-the-world solo flight

January 14, 2022January 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Zara Rutherford, 19, landed at Sofia Airport on her ultralight aircraft on January 14, in a stop on her round-the-world

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Snow Day 2022: Bulgaria’s resorts relish prospects of great weekend

January 14, 2022January 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Conditions at Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko are “perfect”, Banskoblog’s Lance Nelson told The Sofia Globe on January 14, the

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Twenty-three of Bulgaria’s 28 districts are Covid-19 dark red zones

January 14, 2022January 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-three of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 84 deaths, 7034 new cases

January 14, 2022January 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighty-four 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 government presents details of new Covid-19 response plan

January 13, 2022January 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s coalition government presented on January 13 its newly-adopted operational plan for dealing with Covid-19, which divides the country’s 28

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Bulgaria’s exports in January – November 2021 up 23.3% y/y

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In January – November 2021, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 61 992.4 million leva,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Dark red zones rise to 22

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-two out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones, meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 77 deaths, 5703 new cases

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy-seven 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 PM: Level of anti-epidemic measures to be based on ICU bed occupancy

January 12, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Serious measures against the spread of Covid-19 will be triggered when there is 80 per cent occupancy of intensive care

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