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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry warns against disinformation about Covid-19 vaccines

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The vaccines with which Bulgaria is conducting its immunisation campaign against Covid-19 have successfully passed all three phases of clinical

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Bulgaria’s caretaker Interior Minister replaces Border Police chief

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Interior Minister Boiko Rashkov has appointed a new head of the Border Police, replacing Svetlan Kichikov who had

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Bulgaria 

EC appoints Bulgaria’s Tsanova as Deputy D-G to steer its borrowing and lending operations

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on June 2 that has appointed Iliyana Tsanova, a Bulgarian national, as Deputy Director-General of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways organising two more steam train trips in June

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising two further steam train trips on the Septemvri – Velingrad narrow-gauge line after an

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 26 deaths, 1.78% tests positive

June 2, 2021June 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-six 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 among first EU countries ready to start issuing EU Digital Covid Certificate

June 1, 2021June 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is among seven European Union countries to be ready to start issuing the EU Digital Covid Certificate, according to

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Half of districts are ‘orange zones’, half ‘yellow zones’

June 1, 2021June 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of Bulgaria’s 28 districts, half are Covid-19 “orange zones” and half are “yellow zones”, according to the report by the

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in April decreased to 4.7%

June 1, 2021June 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in April 2021 was 4.7 per cent, down from 5.1 per cent a month earlier and from

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S&P Global sees Bulgaria’s economy growing by 2.9% in 2021

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s economy was expected to grow by 2.9 per cent this year and 4.3 per cent in 2022, according to

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