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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 53 deaths, 8854 new cases

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 53 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

US 101st Airborne ‘Screaming Eagles’ to deploy in Bulgaria

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The US Army 101st Airborne Division – the “Screaming Eagles” are to deploy in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron BA.5 lineage remains dominant – NCIPD

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on August 12 that it has completed the sequencing of

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Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry sees summer 2022 results coming in at 80% of 2019

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism said on August 12 that its expectations are that the 2022 summer season will finish with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government axes more top officials

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

In the 10 days since it came into office, the caretaker government appointed by President Roumen Radev has carried out

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Six groups in next Bulgarian Parliament

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2022

Were elections in Bulgaria to be held immediately, six groups would enter Parliament, according to the findings of a poll

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Bulgaria 

Large protests in Bulgaria against risk of new Russian gas deal

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

August 10 saw the latest of a series of large-scale protests in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia against the risk that

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria eases mask-wearing rule

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Assen Medzhidiev issued an order on August 9 easing the rules about mandatory wearing of protective

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Protests over Russia’s bid to extradite national from Bulgaria

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarians, Russians and Ukrainians have held a series of protests against an application by Russia for the extradition from Bulgaria

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