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Bulgaria’s election body opens way for prosecution of Rasate over attack on LGBTQI+ Rainbow Hub

November 1, 2021November 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has agreed to lift the immunity from prosecution of presidential candidate Boyan Rasate in connection

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Eleven foreign embassies condemn attack on Bulgaria’s LGBTQI+ Rainbow Hub

November 1, 2021November 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Eleven foreign embassies in Bulgaria have issued a statement strongly condemning the October 30 attack on Sofia’s Rainbow Hub in

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Fifty-seven candidate MPs in Bulgaria’s November election worked for communist-era secret services

November 1, 2021November 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Dossier Commission

Fifty-seven of the candidates in Bulgaria’s November 14 early parliamentary elections worked for the country’s communist-era secret services State Security

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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 1.4% for November 2021

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator said on November 1 that it approved an increase to gas prices in the country by 1.4

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past month, 3117 deaths, 100 330 new confirmed cases

November 1, 2021November 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 3117 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in October 2021, according to unified

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Bulgaria’s January – October road death toll is 416

November 1, 2021November 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 416 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in January to October 2021, according to Interior Ministry

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 81 deaths, 1457 new cases registered

November 1, 2021November 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 81 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Extremists ransack LGBTI community centre in Bulgaria’s capital

October 31, 2021November 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

A group alleged to be from the extremist Bulgarian National Union and led by its presidential candidate Boyan Rasate ransacked

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Dark red zone districts rise to 26

October 31, 2021November 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 dark red zones, meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or more

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