The Bulgarian capital, Sofia, has been reclassified as a Covid-19 red zone, after falling below the dark red zone threshold of 500 or more per 100,000 inhabitants on a 14-day basis, according to the portal’s March 11 report. unified information. Sofia was classified in the dark red zone on January 1, 2022. Currently, the Covid-19 […]
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 4.2% last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (INS) said on March 8. In real terms, the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 was 132.7 billion leva at current prices, or 67.9 billion euros. In the fourth quarter, the Bulgarian economy grew by 1% compared to the […]
From February 28, all students in Bulgarian schools will attend in-person classes, the education ministry said. The ministry said regional health inspectorates had lifted the restrictions due to the improving Covid-19 situation. Students will be tested for Covid-19 once a week, with an exemption for those who have a green certificate, for vaccination, having had […]
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has expressed its full support for the efforts of various institutions to prevent the march in Lukov, which will take place on February 12, 2022. The Lukov March is a torchlight procession honoring a pro-Nazi Bulgarian general of the 1930s and 1940s, who led the Fascist Union of Bulgarian National Legions. […]
The Bulgarian capital Sofia is halting planned admissions, operations and visits to hospitals from midnight January 12 as a stepped-up measure to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the regional health inspectorate said. Exceptions will be made for activities related to organ, tissue and cell transplantation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with oncological and oncohematological diseases, […]
The capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, has been classified as a dark red Covid-19 zone – which means a morbidity rate of 500 or more per 100,000 inhabitants on a 14-day basis – according to the Jan. 1 report from the portal of unified information. The sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in recent days has pushed […]
Bulgaria is opening 69 first vaccination points, in district capitals and small towns, to administer Covid-19 vaccines to children aged five to 11, it was learned at a press conference on December 21. The press conference took place a day after Bulgaria received 42,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 child-friendly vaccines. Like the globe of Sofia […]
The Bulgarian economy grew 0.6% in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on December 7, below the flash estimate of 0.9 % of INS published last month. Compared to the same period of 2020, the Bulgarian economy grew by 4.6% in the third quarter. […]
The European Commission said on December 2 that it had opened two infringement cases against Bulgaria and had escalated five existing cases as part of its latest infringement package. In the first of two new cases where the EC sent letters of formal notice, Bulgaria was one of five member states to have incorrectly applied […]
There were tensions on the night of November 25 as a small group of ultra-nationalists attempted to disrupt a protest in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, against violence against women. According to eyewitness accounts, the group arrived at the well-attended demonstration carrying a Bulgarian flag and a banner saying that the campaign against violence against […]
Students in 15 of Bulgaria’s 28 districts will continue to study online until another 200,000 non-intrusive tests for Covid-19 arrive, the education ministry said on November 9. Bulgaria has introduced a system where pupils in grades 1 through 4 can resume learning in person, while being tested twice a week. The test is based on […]
A group believed to belong to the extremist Bulgarian National Union and led by its presidential candidate Boyan Rasate ransacked the Rainbow Hub LGBTI community center in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on the evening of October 30. Rainbow Hub activist Gloria Filipova told media that during the assault, in which extensive property damage was caused to […]
The cargo ship Vera Su, stranded on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast on September 20, was towed to the port of Varna during a long night operation ending on October 26. Acting Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev told a briefing in Varna that following the talks, insurers would cover the costs incurred by the state. These […]
In response to the worsening Covid-19 situation in Bulgaria, two major hospitals in the capital Sofia – Alexandrovska and Pirogov – have temporarily suspended admissions and planned operations. Alexandrovska said that from October 21, she was suspending planned admissions and operations until the epidemic situation changed. On the orders of the Sofia regional health inspectorate, […]
Schools in the Bulgarian capital Sofia and municipalities in five other districts will switch to distance education from October 21, following a decree issued by the Interim Minister of Education Nikolai Denkov. This follows the order issued by the Interim Minister of Health Stoicho Katsarov, which says that schools in municipalities where the Covid-19 morbidity […]
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first eight months of 2021 amounted to 797.1 million euros, equivalent to 1.2% of gross domestic product (GDP), according to statistics from the National Bank of Bulgaria (BNB) on October 19. In the same period of 2020, FDI stood at 2.02 billion euros, but the initial amount reported […]
An operation began on October 3 to drain fuel from the ship Vera Su, which ran aground near Kamen Bryag on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast after being stranded on September 20. Bulgarian prosecutors have opened an investigation into what led to the grounding of the vessel, flying the Panamanian flag, owned by a Turkish […]
Part of the largest hoard of sunken glass on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has been discovered off the coast of Burgas, according to a press release from the Municipality of Burgas. The statement said that for years archaeologists were aware of the discovery of such artifacts by divers, but not of the precise location of […]