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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll exceeds 20 000-mark

September 20, 2021September 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll in Bulgaria among those who have tested positive for Covid-19 has exceeded the 20 000-mark, according to

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Bulgaria’s 2021 elections: Former caretaker ministers present new party

September 19, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Two former ministers in Bulgaria’s May-September 2021 caretaker cabinet presented their new political party on September 19, saying that they

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Bulgaria records this year’s highest weekly Covid-19 death toll in four months

September 19, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 516 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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NSI: So far, more than 1.3M people in Bulgaria took part in census online

September 18, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

As of 6am on September 18, a total of 1 327 801 people in Bulgaria had taken part in the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 79 deaths, 1892 new cases

September 18, 2021September 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy-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 

Bulgarian 2021 census household visits to begin on September 18

September 17, 2021September 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on September 17 that household visits by enumerators in the ongoing 2021 census will

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Bulgaria’s 2021 elections: Support for Trifonov’s party plummets 7 points – Alpha Research

September 17, 2021September 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

Cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party, which won the largest share of the vote in Bulgaria’s July elections, has

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-July 2021 was 630.4M euro

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2021 stood at 630.4 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 67 deaths, 1724 new cases

September 17, 2021September 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty-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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