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EU anti-fraud body seeks recovery of nearly 6M euro after alleged abuse of power at Bulgarian ministry

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

The Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior breached the terms of a grant agreement by using European Union money to buy

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Online register for vaccinations being readied, Health Minister says

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

Bulgarian nationals who want a Covid-19 vaccine jab will be able to put their names down in an electronic register,

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Victims of communism commemorated in Bulgaria

February 1, 2021February 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Leaders on the right and centre of Bulgaria’s political spectrum honoured the victims of the country’s communist era in annual

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Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2020 was 4.8% – Eurostat

February 1, 2021February 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2020 was 4.8 per cent, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on February 1, citing

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Bulgaria expects 260 000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine by end of February

February 1, 2021February 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

On the basis of preliminary information, Bulgaria expects to receive about 260 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 17 more deaths, vaccinations now total 41 125

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventeen 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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Bulgaria’s road death toll in January 2021 was 26

February 1, 2021February 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 26 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in January 2021, according to provisional figures posted by

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Shopping malls, gyms, cinemas open on February 1

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of February 1, shopping malls, cinemas, gyms and dance schools in Bulgaria are allowed to re-open as part of

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Bulgaria’s (not so) great vaccination debate

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

It is time to try to inject some logic into the controversy about the pace of Covid-19 vaccinations in Bulgaria.

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