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Bulgaria’s elections: Poll shows attitudes on LGBTI issues

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Four in ten Bulgarians would be willing to vote for a political party with a positive message on LGBTI rights,

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv returns 5th to 12th graders to distance learning

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

For two weeks from March 15, pupils in the fifth to 12th grades in the Plovdiv will go over to

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: For second day, positive tests above 20%

March 11, 2021March 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of 13 691 tests for Covid-19 done in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, a total of 2774 – about

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Bulgaria’s Victoria taking ‘Growing Up is Growing Old’ to 2021 Eurovision song contest

March 10, 2021March 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Victoria, Bulgaria’s contestant in Eurovision 2021 will perform “Growing Up is Getting Old” at the song contest in Rotterdam in

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Covid-19: Pupils in 5th to 12th grades in Bulgaria’s capital, some other districts, go back to distance learning

March 10, 2021March 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From March 12 to 26, in-person classes for all pupils from the fifth to 12th grades in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Rescue of Bulgarian Jews from deportation to Holocaust death camps commemorated

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Ceremonies were held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and elsewhere in the country on March 10 commemorating the 1943 rescue

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister tests positive for Covid-19

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister and one of its deputy prime ministers, has tested positive for Covid-19, she said in

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Turnover in online retail sales in Bulgaria in January 2021 up 23.5% y/y

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Against the background of the Covid-19 crisis, turnover in retail sales via in the internet in Bulgaria in January 2021

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As Covid-19 cases rise, various districts in Bulgaria take new measures

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A number of districts in Bulgaria are taking further measures in the face of the rising number of cases of

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