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Bulgaria: Trifonov’s party names Plamen Nikolov as Prime Minister-designate

July 30, 2021August 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party revealed on July 30 that Plamen Nikolov, a business person and one of its MPs, is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Sizzling temperatures prompt dangerous weather warnings for July 31

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

Authorities in Bulgaria have issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerously hot weather for 16 districts for July 31. This

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Bulgaria: Lab for Covid-19 tests to open at Sofia Airport Terminal 2

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

Within days, a Covid-19 laboratory will open at Sofia International Airport’s Terminal 2, the airport said on July 30. All

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet approves 2021 Budget revision bills

July 30, 2021August 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has approved a draft revision of the 2021 Budget, but its prospects of passing in a divided

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 57 Delta variant cases found in 90 samples

July 30, 2021August 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has completed the sequencing of 90 samples taken from Covid-19 patients

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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2021 was 6%

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2021 was six per cent, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on July 30, citing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Health Minister extends anti-epidemic measures

July 30, 2021October 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has issued three orders extending anti-epidemic restrictions currently in place in the country, meant

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases increase again, 1.53% tests positive

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

The deaths of three people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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Bulgaria 

Trifonov attacks Democratic Bulgaria’s Ivanov: Politics is a dirty game played by dirty people

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

A July 29 post on the official Facebook page of ITN party leader Slavi Trifonov slammed Democratic Bulgaria coalition co-leader

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