Bulgaria: 72 000 newly-registered unemployed since start of coronavirus State of Emergency
Since the start of Bulgaria’s State of Emergency, voted on March 13 against the spread of coronavirus, about 72 000
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Month: April 2020
Covid-19: Bulgaria announces support scheme for lowest-earners in cultural field
Bulgaria’s government announced on April 10 a three-month financial support scheme for all freelancers in the cultural field who earned
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 9 – from the World Bank to checks on couriers
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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Easter 2020: Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s flight to fetch ‘Holy Fire’ cancelled
A flight on a Bulgarian government aircraft to Israel to fetch the “Holy Fire” – a key part of Eastern
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Bulgarian Medical Association’s ‘heroes in white’ campaign has raised 161 000 leva so far
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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Covid-19: EC approves 500M leva Bulgarian guarantee scheme to support SMEs
The European Commission has approved a Bulgarian 500 million leva (about 255 million euro) public guarantee scheme to support small
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Operational HQ: Number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria passes 600 mark
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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Bouncing back again: How past crises can help Eastern Europe fight Covid-19
“Do you know what ‘covid’ means in Bulgarian?”, a friend asked me recently. “It is a combination of Kostov and
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 8
There are a total of 593 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria, counting 24 deaths, one of them on Wednesday,
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