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Bulgaria: 10-day tougher measures from March 22, including closing restaurants

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Against a background of sharply rising Covid-19 figures in Bulgaria, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov announced that as of March 22,

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European Medicines Agency: AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 ‘safe and effective’

March 18, 2021March 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on March 18 that a special investigation had established that the AstraZeneca vaccine against

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Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association: Shutting hotel restaurants is against the law

March 18, 2021March 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ordering the closure of restaurants in hotels is against the Tourism Act, the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) said

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Mutafchiyski: Incidence of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rose 94% on two-week basis

March 18, 2021March 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The incidence of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased 94 per cent on a two-week basis, national operational headquarters chief Major-General

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 136 more deaths, close to 50 000 active cases

March 18, 2021March 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 136 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Covid-19: Emergency medical services in Bulgaria’s capital ‘near end of our tether’

March 17, 2021March 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Sofia Emergency Medical Service issued an urgent plea to the public on March 17 not to contact them with

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Feast of Irish Culture marks St Patrick’s Day in Bulgaria

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

On the occasion of St. Patrick Day’s on March 17 2021, the embassy of Ireland in Sofia, with the support

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Bulgaria 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in first two months of 2021 down 20.6% y/y

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January and February 2021 were 20.6 per cent lower than those in the

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 crisis deepens, with 107 new deaths, hospital admissions rising

March 17, 2021March 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 107 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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