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Revenue from nights spent in accommodation establishments in Bulgaria in March 2021 was 24.6 million leva, an increase of 16.6 per cent compared with March 2020, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on May 11. Revenue from Bulgarians was up by 57.7 per cent compared with March 2020, but revenue from foreigners was down by 29.7 per cent. It was in March 2020 that Bulgaria declared a State of Emergency because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The NSI said that compared with March 2020, the total number of accommodation establishments that were working was up by 3.4 per cent, but bed-places in...

Twenty-five out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning an infection rate of 120 or higher out of 100 000 population, according to a report by the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases for the 14-day period ending May 9. This is the first time in eight weeks that the centre’s report has not shown all of the districts in the country to be “red zones”. The three districts that are now “orange zones” – meaning an infection rate of 60 to 119.9 per 100 000 population – are Haskovo (114), Pleven (107) and Kurdzhali (102). Seven districts a...

Conservationist Dr Jane Goodall will address the 2021 Sofia Science Festival on the topic “Why I have hope for a better tomorrow”. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a UN Messenger of Peace, Goodall has spent a lifetime in environmental, animal welfare and humanitarian work and is widely known for her on-going study of the wild chimpanzees of Gombe in Tanzania. As a little girl she dreamt about Africa and living and studying wild animals. She never gave up on her dream and thanks to the help and support of her extraordinary mother, Goodall’s dream not only became a reality, but...

The deaths of 116 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 17 045, according to the May 11 report by the national information system. Bulgaria passed the 16 000-mark in its death toll on April 26, the 15 000-mark on April 17, the 14 000-mark in its Covid-19 death toll on April 7, and the 13 000-mark on March 30. Of 16 392 tests done in the past day, a total of 1078 – about 6.5 per cent – proved positive. To date, 411 280 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria...

A total of 134 888 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered during Bulgaria’s 10-day period of “green corridors” for all comers, opened during the succession of public holidays that began with the Orthodox Easter Friday on April 30. On offer at vaccination points throughout Bulgaria were the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines, for anyone who wanted, irrespective of their place in the national vaccination plan. The number of jabs administered brings the total to date to 938 064. The highest number in a single day was 38 117, on May 7, and the lowest, 3405 on May 2. Goin...