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Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.0% inflation in April

May 17, 2021May 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) rose by two per cent in April, compared to 0.6 per cent inflation a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll is 17 259

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

The deaths of nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, according to the

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Bulgaria 

Germany, Italy, Romania ease rules on arrivals from Bulgaria

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Germany has eased its rules for people arriving from Bulgaria, removing obligatory quarantine for those who have been vaccinated, undergone

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Bulgaria 

Kunchev: Health authorities plan to extend Bulgaria’s Covid-19 epidemic declaration by a month

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said in a May 16 television interview that Bulgaria’s health authorities plan to extend

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Bulgaria 

Reasons for firing Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry chief included police violence

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The reasons cited for the dismissal for Bulgarian Interior Ministry chief secretary Ivailo Ivanov included police violence during the anti-government

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 348 deaths, 123 536 completed vaccination cycle

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 348 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Counter-protesters throw objects at participants in first Bourgas Pride

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Counter-protests threw eggs, cucumbers, bottles of water and a smoke bomb at the few dozen participants in the first-ever Bourgas

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Bulgaria 

Baltov expects Bulgaria’s ‘green corridors’ for jabs against Covid-19 to continue

May 15, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The head of Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia, Professor Assen Baltov, said in a television interview on May 15 that

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Bulgaria 

On recommendation of caretaker cabinet, Bulgarian President fires Interior Ministry head

May 15, 2021May 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Acting on the recommendation of the caretaker government, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev dismissed Interior Ministry chief secretary Ivailo Ivanov, a

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