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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 138 deaths, 2360 new cases registered in past day

September 21, 2021September 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 138 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 548 Delta variant cases found in 552 samples

September 20, 2021September 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said that it has completed the sequencing of 552 samples taken

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Caretaker government allocates 123.8M leva for Bulgaria’s November elections

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government allocated on September 20 an amount of 123.8 million leva (about 63.3 million euro) for the preparation

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Bulgaria’s 2021 census: NSI advice on how to recognise a genuine enumerator

September 20, 2021September 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has issued guidelines to the public on how to recognise a genuine enumerator in the

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Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister condemns anti-vaxxer assault on Covid-19 vaccination team

September 20, 2021September 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has condemned an attack by anti-vaxxers on medics at a mobile vaccination point in

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll exceeds 20 000-mark

September 20, 2021September 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll in Bulgaria among those who have tested positive for Covid-19 has exceeded the 20 000-mark, according to

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Bulgaria’s 2021 elections: Former caretaker ministers present new party

September 19, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Two former ministers in Bulgaria’s May-September 2021 caretaker cabinet presented their new political party on September 19, saying that they

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Bulgaria records this year’s highest weekly Covid-19 death toll in four months

September 19, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 516 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing

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NSI: So far, more than 1.3M people in Bulgaria took part in census online

September 18, 2021September 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

As of 6am on September 18, a total of 1 327 801 people in Bulgaria had taken part in the

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