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For sixth week, every district in Bulgaria is a Covid-19 ‘red zone’

April 27, 2021April 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For a sixth consecutive week, all of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning a rate of

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 16 000-mark

April 27, 2021April 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 194 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,

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Bulgaria posts list of ‘green corridors’ for Covid-19 jabs during Easter holiday period

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health published on April 26 the list of hospitals and clinics where “green corridors” for Covid-19 vaccinations

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Bulgaria to put Janssen Covid-19 vaccine into use

April 26, 2021April 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is to put the Janssen vaccine against Covid-19 into use, Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said on April

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NSI: Quarter of foreign students in Bulgaria are from Greece

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

About 24.5 per cent of the foreign students at universities in Bulgaria in 2020 were from Greece, the National Statistical

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Borissov: Trifonov, refusing to form government, is a political coward

April 26, 2021April 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Slavi Trifonov

Outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader said Boiko Borissov on April 26 that Slavi Trifonov was a “political

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Bulgaria: Trifonov says will not seek to get government approved

April 26, 2021April 27, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Slavi Trifonov

Cable television presenter Slavi Trifonov has broken his three-week silence since his ITN political party won second place in Bulgaria’s

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 48 deaths registered in past 24 hours

April 26, 2021July 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 48 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past

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BHRA: Most of Bulgaria’s tourism staff will be vaccinated by end of May

April 25, 2021April 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Most of the employees in Bulgaria’s tourism sector will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of May, the Bulgarian

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