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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 157 deaths, 3471 new cases registered

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 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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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s capital is dark red zone, but does not want to tighten measures

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A day after Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia was classified as a Covid-19 dark red zone – meaning a morbidity rate

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Bulgaria involved in takedown of fake financial services crime group

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Law enforcement and judicial authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, the Netherlands and Ukraine, supported by Europol and Eurojust, teamed up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues dangerous weather warning for heavy rain in 4 districts

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for four districts on October 12 because of forecast heavy

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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia becomes Covid-19 dark red zone

October 11, 2021October 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Delta variant found in all 179 sequenced samples – NCIPD

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said that it has completed the sequencing of 179 samples taken

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 40 deaths, 621 new cases registered

October 11, 2021October 12, 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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Transport Minister alleges owner of stranded vessel intends allowing it to sink

October 10, 2021October 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev has alleged that the Turkish owner of the Vera Su, the cargo vessel stranded

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 621 deaths, 14 760 new cases

October 10, 2021October 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 621 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, going by

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