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Bulgarian Authorities Unveil National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
December 3 (BTA) - The Bulgarian health authorities Thursday unveiled a national COVID-19 vaccination plan. It was presented by Health Minister Kostadin Angelov and Chief Health Inspector Angel Kunchev during a working meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, but is yet to...
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8,478 PCR Tests Confirm 3,138 New COVID-19 Cases, Bringing Bulgaria's Total to 151,913
December 3 (BTA) - A total of 3,138 COVID-19 infections were confirmed in past 24 hours through 8,478 PCR tests, according to data posted on www.coronavirus.bg on Thursday. The positivity rate is 37 per cent. The total number of tests done since March is 990,785. Out o...
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Health Minister: National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan to Be Ready by December 3
December 2 (BTA) - Addressing a briefing at the Council of Ministers here Wednesday, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said that his Ministry's national COVID-19 vaccination plan will be ready by Thursday and will be presented for approval at the next Cabinet meeting. The fir...
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Council of Europe Issues New Reporton Bulgarian Psychiatric and Social Care Institutions
December 2 (BTA correspondent Nikolay Jeliazkov) - The Council of Europe's anti-torture Committee (CPT) on Wednesday unveiled its latest report on the state of psychiatric and social care institutions in Bulgaria. The Committee has expressed grave concern that many of its long...
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3,475 New COVID-19 Cases, 153 Fatalities In Past 24 Hours
December 2 (BTA) - In the past 24 hours, 3,475 new coronavirus cases were confirmed based on 9,056 PCR tests, according to data published on coronavirus.bg on Wednesday. The test positivity rate is 38.37 per cent. There were 153 fatalities. Since the start of the epid...
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Prime Minister Borissov, European Council President Michel Discuss EU's Readiness for Current and Future Pandemics
December 1 (BTA) - During a video conference with European Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that the coronavirus and the unprecedented measures for curbing its spread have strained the health care systems to the extreme. He urged for...
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Sofia Hosts Southeastern Europe Security Conference
December 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian capital Sofia hosted the Southeastern Europe Security Conference for the 14th time, the Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday. The event was organized by the Interior Ministry, the Sofia-based Police Chiefs Association (PCA) and the Balkan St...
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Bulgaria Registers 2,814 New COVID-19 Cases, Record-high 221 Fatalities
December 1 (BTA) - In the 24 hours to midnight on Monday, 2,814 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Bulgaria through 6,825 PCR tests, according to data posted on the national coronavirus website on Tuesday morning. The test positivity rate is 41.23 per cent.
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Youth and Sports Minister Kralev Takes Part in Video Conference Meeting of EU Counterparts
November 20 (BTA) - During a meeting of EU sports ministers, held by video conference on Monday, Bulgarian Youth and Sports Minister Krassen Kralev said that due to the coronavirus lockdowns, travel bans and health considerations this year, many of the planned youth-related a...
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Prime Minister Borissov Calls Working Meeting to Discuss COVID-19 Support Measures
November 30 (BTA) - Last week, over 12,000 people recovered from COVID-19 and Sofia is no longer among the regions with the highest infection rates. Hospitals are supplied with enough medicines and protective equipment, and a national vaccination plan is being prepared.
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COVID-19 Update: 739 New Cases and 37% Positivity Rate in Bulgaria on Monday
November 30 (BTA) - There are 739 new coronavirus cases out of 1,965 PCR tests done in the 24 hours to Monday midnight, according to the coronavirus.bg national platform, The new infections are fewer than the recoveries, which stand at 815 on Monday. The daily update of the co...
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Dozens of Police Officers Protest in Sofia for Higher Wages
November 29 (BTA) - Dozens of police officers from various parts of Bulgaria gathered in downtown Sofia for a protest rally to demand, among other things, higher wages in the Interior Ministry system. They insist on a 30 per cent wage increase but have failed to achieve that goal...
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Socialists to Alert Prosecutor General about Minister's Allegations of Water Sector Problems
November 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) plans to alert the Prosecutor General about information publicized by the Environment Minister alleging problems in the water sector. The opposition party saw in the Minister's Friday words in the National Assembly "facts of...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,792 New Cases in Bulgaria and 36% Positivity Rate on Sunday
November 29 (BTA) - There are 1,792 new coronavirus cases out of 4,928 PCR tests done in the 24 hours until Sunday midnight, according to the coronavirus.bg national platform. The positivity rate remains unchanged from the previous day but is down from close to 40 per cent a week...
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S&P Global Re-affirms Bulgaria's BBB Credit Rating, Stable Outlook
November 28 (BTA)- S&P Global Ratings announced re-affirming its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bulgaria at BBB/A-2, and keeping a stable outlook. Its expectations are for Bulgaria's economy to rebound quickly after the Covid-19 pandem...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,327 New Infections in Bulgaria and 36% Positivity Rate
November 28 (BTA) - There were 3,327 new coronavirus infections in Bulgaria after 9,179 PCR tests done in the 24 hours until Saturday midnight, according to the coronavirus.bg platform. The number of active cases totals 89,535. 6,647 patients are in hospital and 436 of them ar...
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President Radev Slams Next Year's Budget, Won't Veto It
November 27 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev described next year's State Budget as devastating and based on the "After me, the deluge" philosophy. The head of State, however, said he will not veto the 2021 State Budget Act. He was speaking here on Friday to journalists during the fo...
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Environment Minister Warns of Impending Water Crisis for Major Black Sea City and Farmers Across Country
November 27 (BTA) - Minister of Environment and Water Emil Dimitrov warned on Friday that Bourgas could be left without water and that a water crisis is threatening the seaside city in six months. He also warned of a water crisis in agriculture. Dimitrov spoke about this in Parli...
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COVID-19 Update: 3,586 New Infections and 39% Positivity Rate in Bulgaria on Friday
November 27 (BTA) - A total of 3,568 coronavirus infections were confirmed in the 24 hours before midnight on November 27 through 9,093 PCR tests, bringing Bulgaria's total to 136,628 cases, out of 950,354 PCR tests performed since the start of the epidemic, according to data pos...
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Sofia Welcomes Remarks by North Macedonia's Prime Minister as "Small Step in Right Direction"
November 26 (BTA) - An opinion expressed by North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in an interview for a Bulgarian news agency on Wednesday was described by Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov on Thursday as "a small step in the...