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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Yet more new records for deaths, increases in active cases in past week

March 21, 2021March 23, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 732 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 115 more deaths, active cases rise to 54 411

March 20, 2021March 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 115 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Metro restores full service on line 3 after repairs

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Train service to Hadji Dimitar station on the third line of Sofia Metro underground rapid transit system in Bulgaria’s capital

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Registration system back online as AstraZeneca jabs resume

March 19, 2021March 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s online registration system for Covid-19 vaccine jabs was back in operation on March 19, the same day that the

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Bulgaria arrests group led by former Military Intelligence officer for spying for Russia

March 19, 2021March 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgarian prosecutors and the State Agency for National Security have taken into custody members of a group, led by a

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: GPs association makes vaccination recommendations

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s association of general practitioner doctors has made a number of recommendations aimed at improving the mass vaccination drive, saying

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FDI in Bulgaria in January 2021 was 32.7M euro

March 19, 2021March 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 32.7 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Health Minister’s March 22 anti-epidemic measures: Details

March 19, 2021April 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

These are the details of the order issued on the night of March 18 by Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 102 more deaths, patients in hospital exceed 8000-mark

March 19, 2021March 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 102 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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