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Bulgaria’s Education Ministry launches info campaign on Covid-19 vaccinations in schools, kindergartens

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Education Ministry is launching an information campaign on Covid-19 vaccinations after it found that at only four per cent

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Bulgaria’s July elections: ITN 21.8%, GERB-UDF 21.5% – Alpha Research poll

July 8, 2021July 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party has 21.8 per cent support and Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition 21.5 per cent, according to a

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EU summer forecast predicts Bulgaria’s economy growing by 4.6% in 2021

July 7, 2021July 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

The European Commission’s summer forecast for the EU economy, released on July 7, raised the estimate for Bulgaria’s economic growth

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Bulgaria: Of 95 samples, 43 shown to be Delta variant of Covid-19

July 7, 2021July 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of samples taken from among 95 Covid-19 patients in Bulgaria between June 1 and 25, a total of 49 were

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Bulgaria’s July elections: Coalition drops candidate alleged to have tried to buy votes

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

Bulgaria’s “Rise Up! Mobsters Out!” electoral coalition has withdrawn from its Bourgas candidate list Tsvetelin Georgiev after prosecutors alleged that

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 2 deaths, patients in hospital fall below 1000-mark

July 7, 2021July 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Two 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 caretaker Health Minister: Vaccinated may be exempted from masks in the workplace

July 6, 2021July 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In an order that takes effect on July 7, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov said that employees who have

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Covid-19: Bulgaria updates colour-coding of countries

July 6, 2021July 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has issued an order updating the colour-coding of countries according to their Covid-19 situations, which

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 24 green zones, 4 yellow zones

July 6, 2021July 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-four out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are classified as Covid-19 green zones and the remaining four as yellow

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