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Alpha Research: Close to 58% of Bulgarians want new government formed

April 14, 2021April 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Media

About 57.5 per cent of Bulgarians want to see a new government formed, while 30.4 per cent want the country

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: I will not be candidate PM

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021

Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on April 14 that he would not be the candidate prime

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 127 more deaths, active cases drop by 1178

April 14, 2021July 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 127 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Inaccuracies in petition to Treblinka about Bulgaria

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Macedonia

A petition addressed to the Treblinka Museum calling for the removal of a stone memorial with the word Bulgaria on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Those who want a second AstraZeneca jab will receive it

April 13, 2021April 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Those in Bulgaria who had a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 will receive a second dose of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s newly-elected Parliament to hold first sitting on April 15

April 13, 2021April 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2021, Slavi Trifonov

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has signed a decree convening the first sitting of the 45th National Assembly

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s January – February 2021 exports down 1.7% y/y

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In the period January – February 2021, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 9.6

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

April 13, 2021April 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 201 deaths registered in past day

April 13, 2021April 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 201 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past

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