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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Easy to shut down everything, but people wouldn’t cope mentally

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

It would be very easy to shut down absolutely everything, but people would not be able to cope mentally, Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

US, UK embassies back Bulgaria’s expulsion of Russian diplomat for spying

December 19, 2020December 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The embassies of the United States and the United Kingdom in Sofia have issued statements in support of Bulgaria’s announcement

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 157 more deaths, while active cases and patients in hospital decrease

December 19, 2020July 23, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A hundred and fifty-seven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria names Russian diplomat persona non grata for spying on military

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has given a Russian diplomat 72 hours to leave the country after it was established that he had sought

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Pharmacies not fully prepared to implement e-prescriptions

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

On the day that the Cabinet’s new regulations on electronic doctor referrals and medicine prescriptions went into force, Deputy Health

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian member of Parliament dies of Covid-19

December 18, 2020December 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Valentin Kassabov, a member of Parliament for the ultra-nationalist United Patriots group, died on December 17 at the age of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 143 more deaths, active cases below 90 000-mark

December 18, 2020December 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 143 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Most of Bulgaria’s stricter measures against Covid-19 extended to end-January

December 17, 2020December 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Most of the stricter measures that came into effect on November 27 to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 23.2% want vaccination, 35.7 per cent hesitant and want more information – poll

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

About 23.2 per cent of Bulgarians polled by the Exacta Research Group said that they intended getting vaccinated against Covid-19,

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