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Bulgaria’s Traffic Police urge essential travel only as bad weather forecast

January 25, 2021January 27, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Traffic Police issued an appeal to motorists to embark on essential travel only, with their cars prepared for winter

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: It will be possible to vaccinate 50 000 to 100 000 people a day

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The pace of the implementation of Bulgaria’s national plan for vaccination against Covid-19 no longer depends on organisation, but on

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Health Ministry: 14 040 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrive in Bulgaria

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A further 14 040 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 arrived in Bulgaria on January 25, the Health Ministry

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Nine more deaths, active cases drop to 26 929

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgarian PM challenges President over silence on Navalny

January 24, 2021January 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov repeated on January 24 a call to President Roumen Radev to state his position on

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Snowboarder dies in avalanche on Bulgaria’s Pirin mountain

January 24, 2021January 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

A snowboarder died in an avalanche on January 24 in Bulgaria’s Pirin mountain while riding off-piste, Bulgarian National Radio reported.

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Covid-19: Restaurant in Bulgaria faces fine over birthday party with 120 guests

January 24, 2021January 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A restaurant in a gated complex near the village of Medovo in Bulgaria’s Black Sea municipality of Pomorie faces a

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 337 deaths, 7787 vaccinated

January 24, 2021January 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 337 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past seven days, according

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Reduced AstraZeneca deliveries will not disrupt vaccination plan

January 23, 2021January 25, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s national vaccination plan will not be disrupted by the reduced deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, Health Minister

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