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Covid-19: Bulgaria adds France to red zone list of countries with travel restrictions

December 17, 2021December 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova issued an order on December 17 amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively as

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Bulgaria’s new PM in talks with EC chief on pandemic, recovery plan

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia, new coronavirus

On his first visit to Brussels since being elected Bulgaria’s Prime Minister four days earlier, Kiril Petkov held talks on

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Vaccines for five- to 11-year-olds arrive on December 20

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Vaccines against Covid-19 for children aged five to 11 will arrive in Bulgaria on December 20, Health Minister Assena Serbezova

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PM Petkov: Bulgaria’s position on Ukraine and Russia ‘in full sync’ with that of Nato, EU

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s position on Ukraine and Russia is “in full sync” with that of Nato and the European Union, Prime Minister

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-October 2021 was 1.14B euro

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of 2021 stood at 1.14 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: New passenger car registrations in January – November 2021 up 10.1% y/y

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January to November 2021 was 10.1 per cent higher than

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Covid-19: Greece, Romania change entry rules

December 17, 2021December 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus, Romania

As of 6am on December 19, everyone entering Greece will be required to submit a negative result of a PCR

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Bulgaria’s Parliament shortens its 2021 Christmas recess

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s MPs voted on December 17 to accept a proposal to shorten the National Assembly’s Christmas recess. The proposal was

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 20 red zones, eight yellow zones

December 17, 2021December 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty out of 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, meaning an infection rate between 250 and 499.9 per

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