8 new cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours. A total of 1,725 PCR tests were made for the period. Three people diagnosed with Covid-19 infection were admitted to hospital in the past 24 hours. The total number of Bulgarians infected with the novel coronavirus reached 2,485. The newly-registered cases of Covid-19 increased with 0.3%. 51 patients recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of cured patients to 1,015 (41% of all people who tested positive for Covid-19). Ninety-one-year old man and a woman of the same age from a care home in Lom died with Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
On a proposal by the Council of Ministers, the heads of the State Intelligence Agency and the State Agency Technical Operations will, from now on, be elected by the National Assembly, BNR’s Maria Fileva reports. This means the president’s powers..
Three new electric locomotives Siemens Smartron are entering service as of today, Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov has announced. Two of them will be running along the Sofia-Burgas line, and one – along the Sofia-Russe line. The new..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Minister of Agriculture Georgi Tahov and Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen inaugurated the reconstructed main irrigation canal Trakiets near Konush village. The reconstruction increases..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
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