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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 17 deaths, 862 new cases

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 17 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll in 2022 was 7153

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 7153 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in 2022, according to figures

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in 2022 was 525

January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 525 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in 2022, according to provisional figures published by the

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Bulgaria’s public holidays and long weekends in 2023

January 1, 2023January 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

January 2 2023 is a public holiday in Bulgaria because January 1 is on a Sunday. This is one of

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Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station signs fuel agreement with Framatome

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station and Framatome signed on December 30 a preliminary agreement for deliveries of nuclear fuel for

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Poll: ‘Everyone to blame’ for continued stalemate in Bulgarian government talks

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Fifty-one per cent of Bulgarians polled by the Market Links agency said that the blame, should Parliament fail to vote

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Russian ambassador ‘does not know why’ Bulgarian journalist declared wanted

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s ambassador in Sofia, Eleonora Mitrofanova, told reporters on December 29 that she had “no information” on why her country

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Date named for Bulgaria’s WCC to get mandate to try to form a government

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev will on January 3 hand a mandate to the National Assembly’s second-largest group,

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Bulgaria summons Russian ambassador over Kremlin’s warrant for Bulgarian journalist

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Eleonora Mitrofanova, has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Sofia in connection with reports that

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