Bulgaria

The EU needs to move "as soon as possible" from a wait-and-see approach to a problem-solving strategy in dealing with enlargement and the Western Balkans, said Slovenian Foreign Minister Anže Logar in an interview about the priorities for his country's upcoming EU Council presidency.

During the past 24 hours, 120 new cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Bulgaria. Although they are 93 more than the previous day, there is actually a decrease in the number of new infections on a weekly basis.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Health informs that as of June 3 this year, children aged over 12 can be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the vaccine of the manufacturer Pfizer-BioNTech.

Parents who want their children to be immunized against COVID-19 can do so at their GP or vaccination centres.

Nearly 43% of the population of Bulgaria might have been exposed to the coronavirus. This shows a study conducted by one of the largest chains of laboratories in the country. 

Laboratory samples were processed for N-antibodies, 2,665 , randomly selected in the period May 25 - June 11, 2021, from 38 towns in the country. 

Accroding to international survey requested by Transparency International most Bulgarians (56%) believed during the last year of "Borissov 3" government mandate that the prime minister and members of his cabinet are involved in corruption.

 When it comes to MPs, this share exceeds two thirds (67%).

The map reports these figures on the basis of the previous 14 days.

Greece will start admitting Bulgarian citizens with a negative rapid COVID-19 antigen test, presented on paper, starting June 19, the Greek Tourism Ministry is quoted by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.

Bulgarian caretaker interior minister Boyko Rashkov accused on Sunday the prosecution of keeping secret a list of 38 magistrates and politicians who own undeclared property abroad.

The list was made back in 2019 when the Bulgarian authorities asked foreign countries to inform them of the property owned by Bulgarian nationals.

I hope that the atmosphere of trust and mutual respect of national interests continues in the direction of finding a solution, because the European perspective for the Republic of North Macedonia and that for the Western Balkans are in the interest of Bulgaria, the region and the entire EU.

27 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria over the past 24 hours are 27 frafter 4,141 tests, the daily report on the National Information Portal shows on June 21.

5 were confirmed from PCR and 22 from rapid antigen tests.

The total lab-confirmed positive cases in the country since the start of the epidemic are 421,032.

The active cases are 10,226.