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Bulgaria’s 2021 census: NSI opens 20 support centres

September 27, 2021September 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has opened 20 support centres where officials are assisting people to participate in Bulgaria’s 2021

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 40 deaths, 496 new cases registered

September 27, 2021September 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 40 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, bringing the country’s

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 464 deaths, 10 637 new cases

September 26, 2021September 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 464 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 73 deaths, 1904 new cases

September 25, 2021September 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy-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: Bulgaria adds Lithuania to red list of countries with travel restrictions

September 24, 2021September 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued on September 24 an order amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively

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MEPs: ‘Too much impunity for corruption’ in Bulgaria

September 24, 2021September 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Media

There is too much impunity for corruption in Bulgaria, member of the European Parliament Sophie in t’Veld told a news

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Bulgaria 

Education Ministry: Sharp drop in number of Bulgarians wanting to study abroad

September 24, 2021September 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

There has been a sharp decrease in the number of Bulgarians who want to study abroad, according to figures released

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 99 deaths, 1835 new cases

September 24, 2021September 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety-nine 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 

EC opens two new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

September 23, 2021December 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on September 23 that it opened two infringement procedures against Bulgaria and escalated two existing cases

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