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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 56 deaths, 2641 new cases

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fifty-six 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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UNHCR: 660 000 refugees fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries in past six days

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

About 660 000 refugees have now fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries in the past six days, according to the latest

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria awaits further arrivals from Ukraine fleeing Putin’s war

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Four buses and cars from Bulgaria’s diplomatic mission in Kyiv are expected to arrive at Bulgaria’s border with Romania near

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Defence Minister: ‘Nato is not a dirty word’

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

If it is necessary for forces from other Nato countries to come to Bulgaria, this would be done in accordance

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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry outlines rules on arrivals from Ukraine

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In line with EU rules, citizens of Ukraine have the right to visa-free entry to Bulgaria and the right to

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Bulgaria’s Parliament votes in new Defence Minister after Ukraine row

March 1, 2022August 3, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Russia, Ukraine

At the close of a debate lasting close to three hours on March 1, Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted in Dragomir

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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry dispatches medicines to Ukraine

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

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health said on March 1 that it had organised the sending of a humanitarian consignment of medicinal

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Bulgaria 

Putin’s war on Ukraine halves his popularity in Bulgaria – poll

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

In the first four days of the war on Ukraine ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, his popularity in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 605 of 628 samples sequenced by NCIPD

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on March 1 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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