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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 188 deaths in past week

March 20, 2022March 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 188 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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Bulgaria 

US to deploy Stryker company to Bulgarian battle group

March 19, 2022March 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The United States will deploy a Stryker armoured vehicle company to the battle group that Bulgaria is forming, Prime Minister

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 18 deaths, 1601 new cases

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighteen people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former PM Borissov released from custody

March 18, 2022March 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s former prime minister and opposition GERB party leader Boiko Borissov was released from custody on the night of March

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Bulgaria’s PM dismisses talk of supplying weapons to Ukraine

March 18, 2022March 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

On the eve of talks with visiting US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister dismissed as untrue speculation that

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Bulgaria’s government says Ukrainian refugee situation in the country ‘under control’

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Of the 94 000 people who had arrived in Bulgaria, fleeing Putin’s war on Ukraine, about 50 000 had remained

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Bulgaria’s PM congratulates Interior Ministry on arrest of Borissov

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kiril Petkov

The only way for there to be change in Bulgaria is when the untouchables are no longer above the law,

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Bulgaria expels a further 10 Russian diplomats

March 18, 2022March 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has declared 10 Russian diplomats persona non grata and given them 72 hours to leave the country, the Foreign

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: EC approves 60M leva state aid for air carriers

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

The European Commission said on March 18 that it has approved 60 million leva, or about 30.7 million euro, in

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