Bulgarian MPs reject bill cutting state subsidy for political parties
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on May 5 to reject a bill amending the Political Parties Act, which would have cut
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Cabinet approves 237M leva for wage-support schemes
Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet decided on May 5 to allocate 237 million leva, about 121.2 million euro, in funding for five
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases down to 47 357, as 11 133 jabs administered
Sixty-one 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: Trifonov hits out at Borissov’s GERB over ‘lies’ about Electoral Code
The leader of Bulgaria’s ITN political party, cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov, hit back in a Facebook post on May
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For seventh week, every district in Bulgaria is a Covid-19 ‘red zone’
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
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
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
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
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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