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Bulgaria Constitutional Court strikes down rules on party financing

April 27, 2021April 29, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on April 27 that it ruled several provisions in the Political Parties Act and the Electoral

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Covid-19: Bulgaria to extend epidemic declaration to end of May, acting PM says

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

Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet will extend the epidemic emergency declaration by one month, to the end of May, acting Prime Minister

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Arrivals of foreigners for holidays in Bulgaria in March down 56.8% y/y

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

The number of arrivals of visitors from abroad for holidays in Bulgaria in March 2021 was 56.8 per cent lower

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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 

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 

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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Bulgaria 

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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