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Bulgaria’s mortality rate in Q2 2022 down y/y

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 24 910 deaths were registered in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2022, which was 9702 –

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 22 deaths, 6657 new cases

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 37 294, with 22 new deaths registered in the past week, according to

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President to offer Bulgarian Socialist Party mandate to seek to form government

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev will on July 18 at 5pm offer to the candidate Prime Minister from the Bulgarian Socialist

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Signing with Bulgaria means step forward towards N Macedonia’s EU talks

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The joint intergovernmental commission of Bulgaria and North Macedonia met in Sofia on July 17, with the two countries’ foreign

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Bulgaria’s districts of Varna and Bourgas become Covid-19 red zones

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, new coronavirus, Varna

Bulgaria’s districts of Varna and Bourgas at the Black Sea coast have become Covid-19 red zones, with morbidity rates above

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria a step closer to final bid to form government

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev conducted a round of consultations with all seven parliamentary groups on July 15,

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EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria on lab animals, dolphin protection

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on July 15 that it opened two infringement proceeding against Bulgaria and was advancing the infringement

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EC approves 110M euro for modernisation of rail corridor in western Bulgaria

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on July 15 that it had approved an investment of more than 110 million euro

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Russia revokes aircraft repair certificates of two Bulgarian companies

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russia has decided to suspend the validity of aircraft repair certificates previously issued to Bulgaria’s Terem-Letets and Avionams companies, as

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