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COVID-19 Update: 1,278 New Cases, 49 Fatalities
December 28 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 735,998, after 22,602 tests identified 1,278 new infections on [day of week], 80.52 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The active ca...
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Stara Zagora Municipality Joins Four Paws Initiative to Reduce Use of Fireworks on New Year's Eve
December 27 (BTA) - At the initiative of Mayor Zhivko Todorov, the Municipality of Stara Zagora is joining the campaign of the Four Paws Foundation titled "Beautiful to us is terrifying to them" and will not organize the traditional fireworks show to celebrate the coming of the N...
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President Rumen Radev Expresses Condolences on Death of Karolos Papoulias
Sofia, December 27 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev expressed his condolences on the death of the famous Greek statesman and politician Karolos Papoulias, president of Greece in the period 2005-2015, said the press office of the head of State.
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COVID-19 Update: 838 New Cases, 48 Fatalities
Sofia, December 27 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 734,720, after 15,453 tests identified 838 new infections in the past 24 hours, 78.52 per cent of which were of unvaccinated persons, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/.
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Bulgarian St Stephen Church in Istanbul Celebrates Christmas and Its Own Feast Day
December 26 (BTA) - The Bulgarian St Stephen Church in Istanbul hosted a Christmas liturgy on December 26, which marked its own feast day as well. Also known as the Iron Church, it is situated on the shore of the Golden Horn, at the heart of the Turkish city. It is the most impor...
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Social Policy Was Rehabilitated in 2021, Expert Says
December 26 (BTA) - In the outgoing year 2021, social policy was rehabilitated in Bulgaria as frequent elections made social concerns super important for all political parties, Balkan Institute for Labour and Social Policy (BILSP) Chairman Ivan Neykov told BTA. The former labour ...
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Justice Minister and NGOs to Discuss Shared Parenting
December 26 (BTA) - Justice Minister Nadezhda Yordanova vowed to make arrangements for a discussion on future legislative changes to provide equal rights to parents after divorce, the Justice Ministry reported. On December 24, Yordanova had a telephone conversation with protestin...
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Wholesale Food Prices Have Increased by 3.34% since Beginning of December
December 26 (BTA) - The wholesale food market index has increased by 3.34 per cent since the beginning of December, reaching 1.779 points, the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets reported. The base level of the index was set in 2005 at 1.000 point. I...
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19th Edition of Bulgarian Christmas Campaign Raises Lv 2.5 Mln So Far
December 26 (BTA) - The 19th edition of the Bulgarian Christmas campaign, which President Rumen Radev launched under his auspices on November 30, raised 2,455,000 leva by the end of a charity show on the evening of December 25, the President's Press Secretariat reported on Sunday...
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COVID-19 Update: 743 New Cases Confirmed, Test Positivity Rate at 6.1%
December 26 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 733,882 after 12,113 tests identified 743 new infections on Saturday, December 25, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate for the day was 6.1 per cent. Unvaccinat...
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Higher Pensions and More Generous Pension Formulas Become Effective on Christmas
December 25 (BTA) - The minimum monthly pension in Bulgaria rises from 300 leva to 370 leva and the maximum pension goes up from 1,400 leva to 1,500 leva as of December 25, 2021. Also from Christmas Day 2021 onward, the length of contributory service will have more weight when ca...
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Illegal Migrants' Arrests Decrease between October and November
December 25 (BTA) - In November 2021, the Bulgarian authorities arrested 1,320 migrants from non-EU countries, including 1,147 people who were staying illegally in Bulgaria's interior, according to data posted on the Interior Ministry website. The rest were apprehended at the nat...
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Church and Secular Leaders Extend Christmas Greetings to Bulgarians
December 25 (BTA) - Church and secular leaders and institutions used various channels to extend Christmas greetings to Bulgarians on Friday and Saturday. Some of them issued press releases while others posted messages on social media or spoke to journalists. The Holy Synod of ...
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Prime Minister Talks with Church Leader
December 25 (BTA) - Prime Minister Kiril Petkov had a short meeting with the Chairman of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neophyte, after a Christmas Eve liturgy at Sofia's St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on December 24, the Government Information Service ...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,033 New Cases Confirmed, Test Positivity Rate at 4.2%
December 25 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 733,139 after 24,343 tests identified 1,033 new infections on Friday, December 24, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate for the day was 4.2 per cent. Sofia C...
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Patriarch Neophyte: May the Light of the Nativity Envelop Our Hearts
December 24 (BTA) - Officiating at a Christmas Eve liturgy at Sofia's St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on Friday, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neophyte, said: "By emulating the Lord, we will become worthy of welcoming Him with joy on the day of His light-givi...
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President Radev Greets Azeri Counterpart on 60th Birthday
December 24 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev talked with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev by telephone on the occasion of the latter 60th birthday, Radev's Press Secretariat reported on Friday. The Bulgarian leader extended good wishes and expressed hope for further upward develop...
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Defence Minister: Bulgaria Is Active Member of NATO and Should Not Be Governed by Decisions of Others
December 24 (Asen Boyadjiev of BTA) - "Bulgaria is an active member of NATO and therefore it should not be governed by the decisions of others," Defence Minister Stefan Yanev told the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) in what was his first interview since taking over his current post. ...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,966 New Cases Confirmed, Test Positivity Rate at 5.7%
December 24 (BTA) - Bulgarian healthcare professionals confirmed 1,966 new cases of COVID-19 in the country on Thursday, December 23 after 34,596 tests, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg. The test positivity rate for the day was 5.7 per cent. Active COVID-19 c...
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Christmas in Bulgaria
December 24 (BTA) - With its myriad of customs observed by people, Christmas is the richest winter holiday in Bulgaria, Silvia Vuteva, ethnographer at the Lovech Regional History Museum, said in an interview for BTA. The Christmas festivities in this country usually last three da...
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