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‘Green corridors’ for Covid-19 vaccinations at 5 hospitals in Bulgaria’s capital

April 2, 2021April 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Vaccinations against Covid-19, using the AstraZeneca vaccine, are available for all comers at various times and dates at five hospitals

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria to receive more than 1.25M doses of BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine in next 3 months

April 2, 2021April 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria will receive a further more than 1.25 million doses of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 from the rest of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 116 more deaths, active cases total 70 919

April 2, 2021April 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 116 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research: Borissov’s GERB widens lead ahead of Bulgaria’s April 4 elections

April 1, 2021April 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, new coronavirus

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party was expected to win the largest number of seats in the April 4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association in court action over closure of spas, restaurants in hotels

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

The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) said on April 1 that it had lodged a complaint in the Supreme

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Bulgaria 

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 

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 

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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Bulgaria 

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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