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Bulgaria’s Shoumen district steps up anti-epidemic measures

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s district of Shoumen is stepping up its anti-epidemic measures as of February 9 because the increased Covid-19 morbidity rate

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Bulgaria’s Justice Minister to seek dismissal of Geshev as Prosecutor-General

February 8, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Nadezhda Yordanova told a news conference on February 8 that she would ask the Supreme Judicial

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court rules Justice Minister can request Prosecutor-General’s dismissal

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on February 8 that the Justice Minister can ask the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to sack

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Bulgarian police bust operation that sold thousands of fake green vaccination certificates

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Police in Bulgaria said on February 8 that they had begun an operation against a scheme that had sold more

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 428 of 547 samples sequenced by NCIPD

February 8, 2022February 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on February 8 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 176 more deaths, as cases to date pass million-mark

February 8, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 176 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgarian embassy in London expands consular service capacity

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Consular service capacity at the Bulgarian embassy in London has been expanded, Bulgarian National Radio said on February 7. The

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM has questions of his own for Prosecutor-General on high-profile cases

February 7, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on February 7 that he was “delighted” to accept an invitation from the Prosecutor-General’s

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Bulgaria 

Geshev wants Bulgaria’s PM questioned over his allegations of those behind graft

February 7, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Kiril Petkov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev, facing calls from the ruling majority to step down, has arranged for the Prime Minister and

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