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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 328 deaths, 101 404 doses of vaccine administered

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 328 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 vaccination ‘green corridors’ to return when larger amounts of doses arrive

February 27, 2021February 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Immunisations in the first four phases of Bulgaria’s Covid-19 vaccination plan will probably be restored on February 28, Professor Assen

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Illegal party at restaurant in Bulgaria’s capital bust

February 27, 2021March 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Three days before restaurants in Bulgaria are being allowed to re-open, customers at a restaurant in Sofia where an illegal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Health Minister’s order officially opens restaurants from March 1

February 27, 2021March 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov has issued the official order that allows restaurants and entertainment venues to re-open from March

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases, patients in hospital continue to rise

February 27, 2021February 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Forty-nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll

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Bulgaria records 409.7M leva Budget surplus in January 2021

February 27, 2021March 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 409.7 million leva in the first month of the year,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve changes to citizenship and foreigner laws

February 26, 2021March 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted at second reading on February 26 bills to amend the Bulgarian Citizenship Act, which included a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expects 1M doses of Pfizer, 480 000 doses of Moderna vaccines from March to June

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Facing problems in the supply of AstraZeneca vaccines against Covid-19, Bulgaria’s Plan B is that it expects an additional million

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Bulgaria 

Exacta poll sees five groups in Bulgaria’s next Parliament

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

If Bulgaria held parliamentary elections now, five parties and coalitions would win seats in the National Assembly, according to the

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