Bulgaria: ITN, DB refuse GERB invitations for talks on proposed government
As expected, Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party and Hristo Ivanov’s Democratic Bulgaria (DB) coalition said on April 21 they were turning
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Bulgaria’s Medicines Agency head: 5.5M doses of Covid-19 vaccines coming by end of June
Deliveries to Bulgaria of about 5.5 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 are expected by the end of June, Medicines
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Covid-19: 106 more deaths, active cases decrease again
A total of 106 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing
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Janssen Covid-19 vaccine: EMA finds benefits outweigh risks of side-effects
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) safety committee (PRAC) concluded on April 20 that a warning about unusual blood clots with
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Bulgarian President Radev hands mandate to Mitov to try to form Cabinet
At a formal ceremony at the Presidency in Sofia on April 20, President Roumen Radev handed Daniel Mitov a mandate
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Russia expels two Bulgarian diplomats in retaliation move
Bulgaria’s ambassador in Moscow, Atanas Krastin, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on April 20 to be handed a
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EC: Bulgaria’s road death rate fell 26% in 2020 y/y
Bulgaria’s road death rate in 2020 was 26 per cent lower than in 2019, with the country moving from the
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For fifth week, every district in Bulgaria is a Covid-19 ‘red zone’
For a fifth consecutive week, all of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning a rate of
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 217 deaths registered in past 24 hours
The deaths of 217 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours,
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