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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 2 deaths, patients in hospital fall below 1000-mark

July 7, 2021July 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Two 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 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister: Vaccinated may be exempted from masks in the workplace

July 6, 2021July 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In an order that takes effect on July 7, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov said that employees who have

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria updates colour-coding of countries

July 6, 2021July 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has issued an order updating the colour-coding of countries according to their Covid-19 situations, which

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 24 green zones, 4 yellow zones

July 6, 2021July 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-four out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are classified as Covid-19 green zones and the remaining four as yellow

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 41 deaths registered in past day

July 6, 2021July 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 41 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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4th Ambassador Champions Trophy cricket tournament held in Sofia

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The Medical University Cricket Club won a closely-fought match against the India-Bulgarian Cricket Club (IBCC) in the finals of the

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Bulgaria 

Fewer than 1000 people got Covid-19 jabs at Sofia’s ‘green corridors’ this weekend

July 5, 2021July 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

On the sixth consecutive weekend that Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia offered “green corridors” for vaccinations against Covid-19 for all comers,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office slams caretaker Interior Minister over ‘obstruction’ claims

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office has condemned comments by caretaker Interior Minister Boiko Rashkov after he alleged that prosecutors were not co-operating

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation slams candidate MP over Holocaust denial, praise of Hitler

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has strongly condemned Miroslav Ivanov, a parliamentary candidate for the ultra-nationalist Bulgarian

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