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Hospital in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv offers 24/7 ‘green corridor’ for Covid-19 vaccinations

April 3, 2021April 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Pulmed hospital in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has a “green corridor” for Covid-19 vaccinations, open 24 hours a day, seven

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s April elections: Alcohol bans in Plovdiv, other places

April 3, 2021April 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, Plovdiv

Plovdiv mayor Zdravko Dimitrov has banned the sale, serving and consumption of alcohol in public catering establishments and other public

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv returns 5th to 12th graders to distance learning

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

For two weeks from March 15, pupils in the fifth to 12th grades in the Plovdiv will go over to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria extends deadline in Plovdiv airport concession tender for a fourth time

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has extended the deadline for bids in the concession tender for Plovdiv Airport until March 24, a

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Bulgaria 

Shortage of Covid-19 vaccines reported in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

February 22, 2021February 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

The drive for mass vaccinations against Covid-19 in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv hit a snag on February 22 because of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation Shalom condemns antisemitic daubing of Plovdiv synagogue

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has strongly condemned the daubing of antisemitic graffiti on the oldest operating

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Bulgaria 

Mayor of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv: Police to assist in controlling access to big stores after reports of crowding

December 6, 2020December 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Police will be on duty in front of big stores in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv on weekdays after 5pm and

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Five to be fired over deaths of patients left waiting outside hospital in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

November 20, 2020November 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Five employees of Sveti Georgi hospital in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv are to be fired because of a case

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s biggest open-air ice rink to open in Plovdiv on December 1

November 17, 2020November 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The largest ice rink in Bulgaria will open on Central Square outside the Military Club in the city of Plovdiv

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