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Bulgaria Supports Green Lanes for Vaccinated and Recovered from COVID-19, but without Travel Restrictions for the Rest
March 1 (BTA) - During a high-level video conference of EU tourism ministers during the Portuguese presidency, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism Mariyana Nikolova said that Bulgaria support the establishment of green lanes for vaccinated people and people wh...
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COVID-19 Update: 332 New Cases,Test Positivity Rate at 13.1%
March 1 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 247,038 after 2,531 tests identified 332 new infections on Monday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 13.1 per cent. The active cases are 31,302....
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Vaccination of Non-Priority Groups Resumes
February 28 (BTA) - The COVID vaccination of non-priority groups resumes on Sunday, the Health Ministry said. When there are not enough people from Phase One to Four priority groups at the vaccination hubs, they can administer vaccines to non-priority groups. Krasimir Gigov, h...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,079 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 12.7%
February 28 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 246,706 after 8,476 tests identified 1,079 new infections on Saturday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate stands at 12.7 per cent. The capital Sofia tops t...
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PM Borissov: 57,000 Vaccines Expected Late Saturday
February 27 (BTA) - During an inspection of a new wastewater treatment plant in the town of Chirpan (south-central Bulgaria), Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that 57,000 vaccines are expected to arrive in Bulgaria by Saturday night, and will be distributed by the following day...
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Health Minister Orders Reopening of Restaurants as of March 1
February 26 (BTA) - As of March 1, restaurants and entertainment venues as defined in the Tourism Act will reopen for customers between 6 am and 11 pm. Discotheques, bar-clubs, piano-bars, variety bars and night bars will resume work on April 1. The businesses reopening on Ma...
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Parliament Changes Rules on Bulgarian Citizenship Acquisition by Foreign Investors
February 26 (BTA) - Bulgaria's Parliament Friday passed conclusively amendments to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act, revising the rules under which foreign investors can acquire Bulgarian citizenship by naturalization and streamlining the arrangements for granting such citizenship t...
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PM Borissov and Serbian Deputy PM Mihajlovic Discuss Progress of Projects of Joint Interest
February 26 (BTA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov met here Friday with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mining and Energy Zorana Mihajlovic to discuss the progress of projects of joint interest in energy and infrastructure. Among the highlights was the prep...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,822 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 14.4%
February 26 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 243,946 after 12,645 tests identified 1,822 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 14.41 per cent. Sofia City...
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BTA to Distribute Public Interest Information Free of Charge, Parliament Resolves Conclusively
February 25 (BTA) - The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) will distribute public interest information free of charge, according to an Act to Amend and Supplement the Bulgarian News Agency Act moved by GERB MPs Vezhdi Rashidov and Toma Bikov and passed on first and second reading ...
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Green Lanes for Mass Vaccination to Be Suspended over Vaccine Shortage - Health Minister
February 25 (BTA) - At Thursday's weekly briefing of the national coronavirus task force, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov announced the suspension of the so-called green lanes for immunization, which were opened across the country on February 21 to allow members of non-prior...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,733 New Cases,Test Positivity Rate at 14.36
February 25 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 242,124 after 12,066 tests identified 1,733 new infections on Wednesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Thursday. The test positivity rate now stands at 14.36 per cent. Sofia...
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Sofia Airport Concessionaire Asks to Reschedule Payment of Royalties for First Ten Years, Government Awaits EC's Approva...
February 24 (BTA) - The owner of the concession for Sofia Airport, SOF Connect, is seeking to reschedule the concession royalties for the airport for the first ten years of the 35-year concession. This transpired during Question Time in Parliament when Transport Minister Rossen J...
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Organized Tourist Trips in Bulgaria Resume on March 1, Trips Abroad Resume on April 1
February 24 (BTA) - As of March 1, tourist trips can be organized in Bulgaria, and tourist trips abroad will resume as of April 1, BTA learned on Wednesday from the Future for Tourism Association (FTA). The decision was made during a meeting of FTA and other branch organizations ...
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President Refers to Constitutional Court Amendments Establishing Procedure for Investigation of Prosecutor General
February 24 (BTA) - A day after the publication in the State Gazette of the Act to Supplement the Criminal Procedure Code, introducing a special prosecutor empowered to investigate the prosecutor general or a deputy prosecutor general, President Rumen Radev referred the amendment...
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One Person Is Detained and Charged in Operation Against Trade in Fake Documents
February (BTA) - One person has been detained and charged following an operation against trade in fake American and Bulgarian identity documents in Shoumen, Northeastern Bulgaria, Nevena Zartova, head of the Sofia District Prosecution Office, told a news briefing on Wednesda...
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Eleven Companies Bid for Construction of Bulgaria-Serbia Gas Interconnector in Bulgarian Territory
February 24 (BTA) - Eleven companies are bidding for the construction of the Bulgaria-Serbia gas interconnector in Bulgarian territory, the Public Procurements Agency said on its website. The contracting authority is Bulgartransgaz. The project cost is estimated at 143,559,450 le...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,800 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at Close to 14%
February 24 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 240,391 after 13,026 tests identified 1,800 new infections on Tuesday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/ on Wednesday. The test positivity rate now stands at 13.82 per cent.
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Jobs to Be Sought for Some 160,000 Young People Neither in Employment Nor in Education and Training
February 23 (BTA) - Labour and Social Policy Minister Denitsa Sacheva Tuesday emphasized the need of a map to identify some 160,000 young people who are neither in employment nor in education and training. She spoke at an event on Roma employment hosted by the Swiss Embassy...
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Health Minister Angelov: If Vaccination Rate Persists, Bulgaria May Reach Herd Immunity By End of Summer
February 23 (BTA) - Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told journalists on Tuesday that if the share of people getting vaccinated remains as high, Bulgaria may achieve herd immunity by the end of this summer. Together with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Deputy Prime Minister Tom...