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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 morbidity rate continues to climb

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s national Covid-19 morbidity rate has continued to climb in the past week, going by figures posted on the unified

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Bulgaria 

In first week, 2703 people in Bulgaria got second booster dose against Covid-19

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In the first week that Bulgaria started offering second booster doses of vaccines against Covid-19, a total of 2703 people

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Bulgaria 

Expulsion order: Two aircraft to fly Russian embassy staff, families out of Bulgaria

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Two Russian aircraft were expected at Sofia Airport on July 3 to fly out 70 Russian diplomats, officials and their

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Bulgaria 

Two more districts in Bulgaria change from Covid-19 green zones to yellow zones

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The districts of Varna and Bourgas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast have crossed the threshold to be reclassified from Covid-19

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Progress in WCC’s talks with socialists and Democratic Bulgaria, but no certainty on new government

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

The Kiril Petkov-Assen Vassilev We Continue the Change (WCC) party appeared to have made rapid progress in July 2 talks

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Bulgaria: WCC begins formal bid for support for proposed government

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Facing a deadline of July 8 at 5pm to come up with a proposed government, the We Continue the Change

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s chief of staff: Russia paying politicians, public figures, to shape opinion

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Bulgarian security services have information that Bulgarian politicians, public figures, well-known journalists, analysts and others are paid directly by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President hands WCC mandate to seek to form government

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev on July 1 handed Assen Vassilev, named earlier in the day as the prime ministerial candidate

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Russian ambassador to Bulgaria proposes closing embassy after PM rejects her ultimatum

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russian ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova said on July 1 that she was raising with the Kremlin the issue of

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