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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 1047 positive tests as active cases reach 14 088

August 14, 2021August 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eleven 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’s President to hold new consultations with parties represented in Parliament

August 13, 2021August 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Roumen Radev

As Bulgaria awaits the next developments that will determine whether – as seems improbable – a government is elected, or

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 15 deaths, 882 new cases

August 13, 2021August 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fifteen 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 donates 50 000 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 to Bosnia and Herzegovina

August 12, 2021August 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, new coronavirus

Bulgaria has, with the assistance of its Foreign Ministry, donated 50 000 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 to Bosnia and

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Bulgaria’s H1 exports up 20.8%, imports 24.8% y/y

August 12, 2021August 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria in the first half of 2021 was 20.8 per cent higher

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Bulgarian MPs pass motion to resolve Cabinet constitutional conundrum

August 12, 2021August 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly passed on August 12 on a motion that ended the constitutional process of the first attempt to

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 18 deaths as active cases rise to 12 557

August 12, 2021August 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighteen 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’s Parliament to proceed with vote on cabinet scuppered by Trifonov

August 11, 2021August 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

The presiding officers of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, parliamentary group representatives and constitutional advisers met in urgent session on August 11

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Mainly partly cloudy skies over Bulgaria as 2021 Perseids meteor showers peak

August 11, 2021August 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

There will be mainly partly cloudy skies over most of Bulgaria as the 2021 Perseids meteor showers peak on the

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