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Day: April 28, 2020

Bulgaria 

NSI: 17% of Bulgarian businesses polled laid off staff because of Covid-19 crisis

April 28, 2020April 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventeen per cent of Bulgarian businesses polled by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said that they laid off staff as

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 28: 36 new confirmed cases in past 24 hours

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There have been 36 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria cancels annual May 6 military parade

April 28, 2020April 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There will be no military parade on Bulgaria’s May 6 Armed Forces Day, the head of the operational headquarters against

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister proposes European Travel Compensation Fund

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

European Union tourism ministers expect the summer holiday season to start on July 1, Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Measures against Covid-19 ‘timely and good’

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Bulgaria has the lowest ratio of people with Covid-19 and third-lowest ratio of deaths from the disease, and this is

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Number of active cases fell in past 24 hours

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria is 1107, down from 1141 twenty-four hours earlier, according to figures

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