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European Commission refers Bulgaria to ECJ over national register interconnection

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on July 15 that it has decided to refer Bulgaria to the EU Court of Justice

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Bulgaria: Construction of longest railway double tunnel in Balkans begins

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Construction of the longest railway double tunnel built so far in Bulgaria and the Balkans began on July 15, caretaker

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Bulgaria’s CEC announces seat distribution after July 11 parliamentary election

July 15, 2021July 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on July 15 the seat distribution in the 46th National Assembly, with the full

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, four deaths, 0.6% tests positive

July 15, 2021July 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four 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 in Bulgaria: 22 Delta variant cases found in 81 samples

July 14, 2021July 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has completed the sequencing of 81 samples taken from Covid-19 patients

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Row over government formation continues

July 14, 2021July 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

With two of Bulgaria’s major established parties having said that they would not vote in favour of the cabinet proposed

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Bulgaria to donate 172 500 AstraZeneca doses to Bhutan

July 14, 2021July 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is to donate 172 500 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 to Bhutan, the caretaker government in Sofia

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Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry: Military Police investigation into fatal MiG-29 crash concluded

July 14, 2021July 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The Military Police investigation into the Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 crash on June 9 in which pilot Major Valentin Terziev

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.7% inflation in June

July 14, 2021July 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.7 per cent in June, up from 2.5 per cent inflation recorded

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