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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: No new deaths registered on Sunday

June 28, 2021July 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the first time in nine months, a day has passed in Bulgaria with no new deaths registered among people

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 38 deaths, 825 fewer active cases

June 27, 2021June 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Thirty-eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the country’s death toll

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 4 deaths, 0.57% tests positive

June 26, 2021June 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four 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 in Bulgaria: Caretaker cabinet ‘working on measures to meet expected new wave in autumn’

June 25, 2021June 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker government says that it is working to prepare a set of measures to meet the expected new wave

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New report gives breakdown of causes of deaths in Bulgaria in 2020

June 25, 2021June 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A report released by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on June 25 gives a breakdown of the causes of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MiG-29 crash: Technical issues hamper probe of black box

June 25, 2021June 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Aviation experts have managed to open the flight recorder from the Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 that crashed on June 9,

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Bulgaria 

Circulation of newspapers in Bulgaria fell by 27.2% in 2020 y/y

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Fourteen newspapers in Bulgaria ceased publication in 2020, according to figures released on June 25 by the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

Ilinden-Exochi checkpoint at Bulgarian-Greek border opens to car and buses from July 1

June 25, 2021June 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Ilinden-Exochi checkpoint at the border between Bulgaria and Greece will be open for cars and buses from July 1,

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Bulgaria 

Eight ‘green corridors’ for Covid-19 jabs in Bulgaria’s capital this weekend

June 25, 2021June 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the fifth consecutive weekend, there will be “green corridors” in public parks and shopping malls offering vaccinations against Covid-19

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