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For seventh week, every district in Bulgaria is a Covid-19 ‘red zone’

May 4, 2021May 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For a seventh consecutive week, all of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning a rate of

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Low-flying practice flights over Bulgaria’s capital ahead of Armed Forces Day

May 4, 2021May 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Air Force aircraft will carry out low-flying practice flights over Alexander Nevsky Square in capital city Sofia on May

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New delivery of nearly 274 000 doses of BioNTech-Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Bulgaria

May 4, 2021May 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Close to 274 000 doses of BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 were delivered to Bulgaria on May 4, Bulgarian National Radio

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll is 16 548

May 4, 2021May 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fifty-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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Borissov says Bulgaria’s next elections will not produce government

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgaria’s outgoing Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on May 3 that the country’s next parliamentary elections

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Covid-19: In first 3 days of Bulgaria’s Easter ‘green corridors’, 21 447 jabs

May 3, 2021May 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 21 447 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in the first three days of Bulgaria’s Easter

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 585 deaths, 8342 fewer active cases

May 2, 2021May 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 585 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, according to

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Bulgarian Socialist Party to refuse to try to form government, setting country on course for new elections

May 1, 2021May 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

At a special meeting on May 1, the national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party approved a recommendation by the

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister ‘very pleased’ with pace of Covid-19 vaccinations

May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s outgoing Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told a briefing in Plovdiv on May 1 that he was “very pleased” with

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