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Covid-19: Bulgaria ‘at peak of third wave’, Health Ministry says

April 1, 2021April 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Experts say that Bulgaria is at the peak of the third wave of Covid-19 in the country, Health Minister Kostadin

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Bulgaria January-February 2021 Budget surplus at 24.3M leva

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 24.3 million leva in the first two months of the

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Bulgaria’s Q1 2021 road death toll is 72

April 1, 2021April 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 72 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2021, according to provisional

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 3006 deaths in past month

April 1, 2021April 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s death toll among people who had tested positive for Covid-19 is 13 197, an increase of 3006 compared with

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: ‘Green corridors’ for vaccinations in places on April 1

March 31, 2021April 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There is a “green corridor” for vaccinations against Covid-19 for all comers at Pirogov emergency hospital in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Bulgaria 

Hourly labour costs in Bulgaria lowest in EU in 2020 – Eurostat

March 31, 2021April 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria had the lowest hourly labour costs in the European Union in 2020, according to figures published by EU statistics

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Bulgaria 

Civil defence sirens to be tested in several Bulgarian cities on April 1 2021

March 31, 2021April 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The civil defence siren system is to be tested in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and several other places in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll passes 13 000-mark

March 31, 2021July 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 155 people in Bulgaria who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Health Minister’s order on changes to measures from April 1: Details

March 30, 2021May 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov issued an order on March 30 with changes to anti-epidemic measures that will take effect

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