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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 12 samples sequenced by NCIPD

January 2, 2022January 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on January 2 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 455 deaths, 14 302 new cases

January 2, 2022January 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 455 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator hikes gas prices by 30.4% for January 2022

January 1, 2022January 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator said on January 1 that it approved an increase to gas prices in the country by 30.4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll in 2021 was 23 379

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

The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 was 23 379 in 2021, according to

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Capital Sofia returns to dark red zone status

January 1, 2022January 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia was classified as a Covid-19 dark red zone – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in 2021 was 557

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 557 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in 2021, according to provisional figures published on January

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 65 deaths, 2810 new cases registered

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

The deaths of 65 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-November 2021 Budget surplus at 638.7M leva

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on December 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 11 months of 2021 was

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria cuts time interval before booster shot to three months

December 31, 2021January 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has approved a number of recommendations made by an expert council with regards to the country’s Covid-19

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