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Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.6% deflation in January

February 15, 2021February 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) continued its downward trend in January, recording 0.6 per cent deflation, compared to 0.1

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Bulgaria receives 12th delivery of Covid-19 vaccines

February 15, 2021February 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 22 230 doses of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 arrived on February 14 at Sofia Airport, Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria records 16 new Covid-19 deaths, 23 135 active cases

February 15, 2021February 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s national information system registered 16 deaths in the past 24 hours among people who had tested positive for Covid-19,

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Bulgaria’s PM: Restaurants will re-open on March 1

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian government will keep to its commitment and restaurants will be allowed to re-open on March 1, Prime Minister

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Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector: Covid-19 third wave will peak before elections

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Bulgaria will be reached before the country’s April 4

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Bulgaria 

Praise for thwarting of neo-Nazi ‘Lukov March’ in Bulgaria’s capital

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Praise has come in for the banning of the “Lukov March” in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, an event held in tribute

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s marriage rate has risen in recent years – Eurostat

February 14, 2021February 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The marriage rate in Bulgaria has been climbing in recent years, according to figures highlighted by European Union statistics agency

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Road agency urges motorists to drive carefully as snow blankets Bulgaria

February 14, 2021February 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Heavy snow continued to blanket much of Bulgaria for a third day on February 14, prompting the Road Infrastructure Agency

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 297 deaths, 18 304 doses of vaccine administered

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

Bulgaria’s death toll among people who had tested positive for Covid-19 rose by 297 in the past week to a

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