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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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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More vaccines arrive

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 3600 doses of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 arrived in Bulgaria on the night of January 30,

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Bulgaria 

Restaurant at hotel in Bulgaria’s capital skirts anti-Covid restrictions – report

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A report by television station bTV has shown how a restaurant at a luxury hotel in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 217 deaths, 14 901 vaccinations

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 217 Covid-19 patients in Bulgaria died in the past seven days, according to figures posted on January

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Police bust working restaurant in Varna

January 30, 2021February 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

During a special police operation to check on compliance with anti-epidemic measures, police in the Black Sea city of Varna

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ends 2020 with 3.53B leva Budget deficit

January 30, 2021February 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget deficit for the full year 2020 was 3.53 billion leva, on cash

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Universities beginning second semester either online or ‘hybrid’

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Amid the Covid-19 situation in Bulgaria, major universities are to begin the second semester either with online teaching or a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 9000-mark

January 30, 2021January 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll has passed the 9000-mark, with 35 new cases in the past 24 hours bringing the total

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