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Month: April 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 24 – rise in cases, queues of cars

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased in the past 24 hours by 91 to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister extends order on wearing masks in public places

April 24, 2020April 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on April 24 extending until May 13 the compulsory wearing of masks

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Bulgaria 

16 280 foreign students at Bulgaria’s universities – statistics institute

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

There are 16 280 foreign students at Bulgaria’s universities and specialist high schools in the current academic year, the National

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General: Three charged over assault of Bulgarian Editor-in-Chief

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Three people have been charged in connection with the March 17 serious assault of Slavi Angelov, Editor-in-Chief of weekly 168

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Bulgaria 

EC approves 150M euro Bulgarian scheme to support SMEs affected by coronavirus outbreak

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said that it has approved a 150 million euro (about 294 million leva) Bulgarian scheme to support

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 90 new cases in past 24 hours

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, the largest increase in that

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup April 23: 1097 cases, 1048 pre-trial proceedings

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 73 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

New record as motorist snapped driving at 253km/h on motorway in Bulgaria

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A Traffic Police mobile camera has photographed a motorist driving at 253km/h on the Plovdiv-Bourgas section of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway.

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Crisis fund to support independent artists in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation and Plovdiv municipality’s culture department have set up a crisis fund to support independent artists in

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