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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 25 deaths, 0.78% tests positive

June 17, 2021June 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In the past 24 hours, a total of 25 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria scraps Plovdiv airport concession tender over lack of interest

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on June 16 that it decided to cancel the concession tender for Plovdiv Airport, opened in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had highest excess mortality in EU in April – Eurostat

June 16, 2021June 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria had the highest excess mortality in the European Union in April 2021, at 76 per cent compared with an

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 17 deaths, 1.21% tests positive

June 16, 2021June 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 17 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Ministry changes rules for mask-wearing in workplaces

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued an order on June 15 amending the rules for mask-wearing in workplaces. In

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister slams previous government’s handling of Covid-19 crisis

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

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov unleashed on June 15 a searing indictment of the previous government’s handling of the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s capital adds two malls, bus, to vaccination points

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia

Mobile vaccination points against Covid-19 are being opened in the Paradise and Serdika shopping malls in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.5% inflation in May

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.5 per cent in May, up from two per cent inflation recorded

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 22 yellow zones, 6 green zones

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

Of the 28 districts in Bulgaria, 22 are yellow zones regarding the rate of Covid-19 infection and six are green

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