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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 238 deaths in past week

August 29, 2021August 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 238 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria adds US, Ireland, N Macedonia to red list of countries with travel restrictions

August 28, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has issued an order amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively as red,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 43 deaths, 1713 new cases

August 28, 2021August 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Forty-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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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: As more districts in Bulgaria turn red, caretaker Health Minister says new measures not needed

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

With the Covid-19 morbidity rate in Bulgaria on August 27 close to the threshold for a red zone, caretaker Health

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Covid-19: Romania reclassifies Bulgaria as ‘yellow zone’

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Romania

Romania has reclassified Bulgaria as a Covid-19 yellow zone as of midnight on August 29, meaning that arrivals must go

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 vaccination points in Sofia, several other cities in Bulgaria this weekend

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Vaccination points against Covid-19 will be open in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and several other places in the country this

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party in quixotic bid to get a government elected

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

President Roumen Radev has handed the third and final exploratory mandate to seek to form a government to Bulgarian Socialist

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Israel thanks Bulgaria for boycotting Durban IV racism conference

August 27, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

The government of Israel has thanked the government of Bulgaria for its decision not to participate in the UN high-level

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes 2021 Budget revision at first reading

August 27, 2021August 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s MPs passed the 2021 Budget revision tabled by the caretaker Cabinet at first reading on August 27, with 130

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