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

September 24, 2021September 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued on September 24 an order amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively

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Bulgaria 

MEPs: ‘Too much impunity for corruption’ in Bulgaria

September 24, 2021September 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Media

There is too much impunity for corruption in Bulgaria, member of the European Parliament Sophie in t’Veld told a news

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Bulgaria 

Education Ministry: Sharp drop in number of Bulgarians wanting to study abroad

September 24, 2021September 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

There has been a sharp decrease in the number of Bulgarians who want to study abroad, according to figures released

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 99 deaths, 1835 new cases

September 24, 2021September 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety-nine 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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EC opens two new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

September 23, 2021December 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on September 23 that it opened two infringement procedures against Bulgaria and escalated two existing cases

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 27 deaths, 850 new cases registered

September 23, 2021September 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-seven 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 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 58 deaths, 2192 new cases

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fifty-eight 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 

NSI: More than 1.7M counted online in Bulgarian census so far

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

A total of 1 707 458 people have been counted in the online phase of Bulgaria’s 2021 census so far,

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Bulgaria 

NCIPD: 21 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones

September 21, 2021September 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-one out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, meaning a morbidity rate between 250 and 499.9

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