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Day: April 9, 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 9 – from the World Bank to checks on couriers

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

After better-than-expected GDP growth in 2019, Bulgaria’s economy, in line with other EU countries, is set to plunge into a

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Bulgaria 

Easter 2020: Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s flight to fetch ‘Holy Fire’ cancelled

April 9, 2020April 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, new coronavirus

A flight on a Bulgarian government aircraft to Israel to fetch the “Holy Fire” – a key part of Eastern

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Medical Association’s ‘heroes in white’ campaign has raised 161 000 leva so far

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventeen days after the start of the Bulgarian Medical Association’s “For the Heroes in White” campaign to raise funds for

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: EC approves 500M leva Bulgarian guarantee scheme to support SMEs

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission has approved a Bulgarian 500 million leva (about 255 million euro) public guarantee scheme to support small

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Bulgaria 

Operational HQ: Number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria passes 600 mark

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria as of the morning of April 9 is 611, with

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