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Bulgaria posts list of ‘green corridors’ for Covid-19 jabs during Easter holiday period

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health published on April 26 the list of hospitals and clinics where “green corridors” for Covid-19 vaccinations

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to put Janssen Covid-19 vaccine into use

April 26, 2021April 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is to put the Janssen vaccine against Covid-19 into use, Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said on April

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Quarter of foreign students in Bulgaria are from Greece

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

About 24.5 per cent of the foreign students at universities in Bulgaria in 2020 were from Greece, the National Statistical

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Trifonov, refusing to form government, is a political coward

April 26, 2021April 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Slavi Trifonov

Outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader said Boiko Borissov on April 26 that Slavi Trifonov was a “political

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Trifonov says will not seek to get government approved

April 26, 2021April 27, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Slavi Trifonov

Cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov has broken his three-week silence since his ITN political party won second place in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 48 deaths registered in past 24 hours

April 26, 2021July 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 48 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past

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Bulgaria 

BHRA: Most of Bulgaria’s tourism staff will be vaccinated by end of May

April 25, 2021April 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Most of the employees in Bulgaria’s tourism sector will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of May, the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 721 deaths, 8733 fewer active cases

April 25, 2021April 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 721 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, according to

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Metro line 3 extension to Gorna Banya goes into service

April 24, 2021April 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia metro underground transit system’s extension to Gorna Banya borough went into service on April 24, adding four new stations

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