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Greece: Additional Covid-19 test for arrivals from Bulgaria who are unvaccinated, not had virus

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus

Greece is introducing an additional Covid-19 test for those arriving from Bulgaria who have not been vaccinated and have not

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria crosses threshold to be red zone – NCIPD

August 30, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria has crossed the threshold to be a Covid-19 red zone, with an average infection rate at national level of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 389 Delta variant cases found in 394 samples

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has completed the sequencing of 394 samples taken from Covid-19 patients

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria worsened in August

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that business sentiment in Bulgaria worsened in August,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had third-lowest alcohol prices in EU in 2020 – Eurostat

August 30, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the third-lowest alcohol prices in the European Union in 2020, according to figures released on August 30 by

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 26 deaths, 5.86% tests positive

August 30, 2021August 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-six 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 

David Clark: Lost in Time

August 30, 2021August 31, 2021 David Clark

“It’s a long way off the main road,” I commented as we bumped and swerved down the potholed road to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 238 deaths in past week

August 29, 2021August 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 238 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria adds US, Ireland, N Macedonia to red list of countries with travel restrictions

August 28, 2021September 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has issued an order amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively as red,

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