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Bulgaria’s Parliament votes two months paid paternity leave

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on July 28 the second reading of amendments to the Labour Code that provide for fathers of

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Icy exchanges as Bulgarian Socialist Party gives up mandate to form government

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria may be sweltering in soaring July temperatures, but in President Roumen Radev’s office, the atmosphere was icy as the

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Half of Bulgaria’s districts are Covid-19 red zones

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fourteen out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, meaning a morbidity rate between 250 and 499.9

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Bulgaria to hold early elections after BSP gives up mandate

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), holder of the third and final mandate to seek to form a government, will return

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 13 districts are red zones

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s districts of Plovdiv and Haskovo have crossed the threshold to be reclassified from Covid-19 yellow zones to red zones,

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Bulgarian Socialist Party in new manoeuvre on country’s political future

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), holder of the third and final mandate to seek to form a government, has mapped

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Bulgarian Socialist Party mulls fate of mandate, as early elections expected

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party national council went into a meeting on the afternoon of July 26 to decide

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Covid-19 red zone districts in Bulgaria rise to 11

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In the past day, three districts in Bulgaria have crossed the threshold to be reclassified from Covid-19 yellow zones to

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 36 deaths, 10 526 new cases

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 37 330, with 36 new deaths registered in the past week, according to

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