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Month: April 2020

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Potentially 1.2 billion fewer international air travellers by September 2020 – ICAO forecast

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

Compared to “business-as-usual”, by September 2020 international air passenger totals could drop by as many as 1.2 billion travellers, according to

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Bulgaria 

Arrests over masked attack on Bulgarian Editor-in-Chief

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Arrests were made in a special operation in central Sofia on April 23, with one of the cases under investigation

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Bulgaria 

Professor Kantardzhiev: Bulgaria will reach Covid-19 peak in next few days

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

Bulgaria will reach the peak of its Covid-19 cases in the next few days, Professor Todor Kantardzhiev, director of the

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Bulgaria 

ECB and Bulgarian National Bank set up swop line to provide euro liquidity

April 22, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the central Bulgarian National Bank have agreed to set up a precautionary currency agreement

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup April 22: Government VAT-exempts essential medicines, PPE

April 22, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Medicines, medical devices and personal protective equipment essential to the fight against Covid-19 will be exempted from import duties and

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Bulgaria 

Major Bulgarian fundraising campaigns for fight against Covid-19 raise more than 1.1M leva

April 22, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Three major fundraising campaigns in Bulgaria for initiatives to aid in the fight against Covid-19 have together raised more than

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Europe 

Covid-19: EC proposes 3BN macro-financial assistance package to support 10 countries

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on April 22 that it had adopted a proposal for a three billion euro macro-financial assistance

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Bulgaria 

Suspended prison sentence for Bulgarian who violated quarantine

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A court in the Bulgarian town of Turgovishte has sentenced a 38-year-old man to a year in prison, suspended for

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Europe 

Covid-19: MEPs call for emergency fund to support media

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media, new coronavirus

Additional European Union action is needed to make sure EU help reaches the ravaged media and culture sectors, members of

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