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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s caretaker government approves additional Health Ministry spending

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet approved 64.1 million leva in funding for the Health Ministry at its sitting on October 28. The

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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry calls tender for 400 000 antigen tests for primary school pupils

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health has called a public tender for the urgent purchase of up to 400 000 rapid antigen

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Media regulator names Mitev new head of Bulgarian National Radio

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Media

At a meeting on October 27, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) elected Milen Mitev as the new director-general of

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

October 27, 2021November 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued on October 26 an order amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively

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Bourgas becomes Bulgaria’s 21st Covid-19 dark red zone

October 27, 2021October 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The district of Bourgas has become the 21st Covid-19 dark red zone in Bulgaria, meaning a morbidity rate of 500

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 124 deaths, 6816 new cases

October 27, 2021October 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 124 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the

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Bulgaria’s former health minister slams Katsarov’s ‘criminal negligence’ as Covid-19 deaths soar

October 26, 2021October 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s former health minister Kostadin Angelov has launched a scathing attack on his successor, pointing to four record Covid-19 figures

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Vessel stranded on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast towed to Varna

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The cargo vessel Vera Su, stranded on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast on September 20, has been towed to the port

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Dark red zones rise to 20 out of 28

October 26, 2021October 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty out of 28 of the districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones, according to the Health Ministry’s classification,

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