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Bulgarian MPs approve bill to prolong 2021 Budget Act provisions

January 21, 2022January 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on January 21 a bill extending the duration of the provisions of the 2021 Budget Act

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Bulgaria’s PM rejects Russia’s call for country to withdraw from Nato

January 21, 2022January 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Nato, Russia

Bulgaria is a sovereign state and long since had made its choice by becoming a member of Nato, Prime Minister

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

January 21, 2022January 22, 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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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 87 deaths, 8932 new cases

January 21, 2022January 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighty-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 capital, other districts poised to step up measures as Covid-19 morbidity worsens

January 20, 2022January 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Against a background of a continuously worsening Covid-19 morbidity rate, the regional health inspectorate in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 24 dark red zones, 4 red

January 20, 2022January 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-four out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning that the morbidity rate is

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 93 deaths, 10 160 new cases

January 20, 2022January 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety-three 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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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 227 of 522 samples sequenced by NCIPD

January 19, 2022January 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Covid-19: EC approves 6M leva Bulgarian scheme to support tour operators

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) said on January 19 that it had approved a six million leva (3.07 million euro) Bulgarian

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