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Month: April 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Q1 2020 Budget surplus at 1.43B leva

April 30, 2020May 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on April 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first three months of 2020 was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways chooses Siemens consortium to supply new electric locomotives

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ said on April 30 that it had chosen the Siemens Tron consortium to supply 10 newly-manufactured

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister bans exports of diabetes, schizophrenia and cancer medicines

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on April 30 banning exports of medicines used in the treatment of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, April 30 roundup: Heavy traffic, court convictions, cases rise

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 59 in the past 24 hours to 1506,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Labour Day weekend: Stormy weather, strict security measures

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria has a three-day weekend with the May 1 Labour Day public holiday on Friday, with stormy weather forecast across

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Asylum applications in EU+ down by almost half in March 2020

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Applications for asylum in the EU+ dropped by almost half in March 2020 as Covid-19 containment measures took effect, following

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria extends deadline for paying electricity bills from 20 to 30 days

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova issued an order on April 30 extending the deadline for paying household electricity bills from

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2020 was 4.5%

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2020 was 4.5 per cent, up from four per cent in February, European Union statistics

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Holiday visits to Bulgaria fell 60% in March 2020 – statistics institute

April 30, 2020May 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria in March 2020 was 43.7 per cent lower than in

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