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FDI in Bulgaria in January-May 2021 was 280.8M euro

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 280.8 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Solinaria Festival in Bulgaria’s Sozopol: Concerts from July 22 to 25

July 19, 2021July 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The first Solinaria Youth Art Festival opened on July 19 in Sozopol on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, beginning with master

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Number of deaths in Bulgaria in Q2 2021 up 33.8% y/y

July 19, 2021July 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There were 8754 more deaths in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2021 than in the same period of 2020,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll is 18 174

July 19, 2021July 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of five people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 29 deaths in past week

July 18, 2021July 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 29 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, the lowest

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Medicines Agency head: Covid-19 vaccines will not be discarded en masse

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

At this stage, there have been only isolated cases of vaccines against Covid-19 being discarded, Bulgaria’s Medicines Agency head Bogdan

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Bulgaria 

‘Green corridors’ for jabs against Covid-19 in Bulgaria this weekend

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There will be “green corridors” for vaccinations against Covid-19 for all comers in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and other places

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 6 deaths, 0.47% tests positive

July 17, 2021July 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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 

Covid-19: Bulgaria adds UK, Cyprus and Spain to red zones

July 16, 2021July 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued an order on July 16 updating the colour-coding of foreign countries according to

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