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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia crosses threshold to become Covid-19 red zone

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

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has crossed the threshold to be reclassified from a Covid-19 yellow zone to a red zone,

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Bulgaria 

Market Links poll: Elections in Bulgaria now would produce seven-group Parliament

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Were parliamentary elections to be held in Bulgaria now, they would produce a National Assembly with seven groups, with GERB-UDF

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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF refuses to try to form government

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

The parliamentary group of GERB-UDF refused on July 14 a mandate from head of state President Roumen Radev to seek

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM on Covid-19: No closing of businesses, no travel restrictions

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s government does not intend ordering businesses to close, restoring the requirement for Covid certificate or imposing travel restrictions, outgoing

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 88% of Bulgarians see corruption as widespread

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Eighty-eight per cent of Bulgarians think that corruption in the country is widespread, according to a special Eurobarometer poll, the

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Bulgaria 

UNHCR, Unicef open ‘Blue Dot’ support centre for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria’s Varna

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, Varna

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bulgaria, in partnership with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies Nato accession protocols of Sweden and Finland

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

By 195 votes to 11, Bulgaria’s Parliament ratified on July 13 the second reading of the Nato accession protocols of

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Bulgaria 

Close to half of the districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 yellow zones

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Thirteen out of 28 districts in Bulgaria are classified as Covid-19 yellow zones, according to the figures in the July

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: ‘Most expedient’ to hold elections at beginning of October

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

If the next attempts at forming a government within the current Parliament prove fruitless, it would be most expedient to

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