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Month: April 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria pass 1000 mark, 47 dead

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

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has reached 1015, counting 47 people who have died and 174

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup, April 21: Cases rise to 975

April 21, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covi1-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 46 in the past 24 hours to 975,

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Bulgaria 

Special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament to hear PM on Covid-19 flops for lack of quorum

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A special sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly that had been scheduled for April 21 to hear Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

New record rise in confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria

April 21, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has increased by 51 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had strongest growth in employment in EU in 2019

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Growth in the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in Bulgaria was the strongest in the European Union

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Bulgaria 

RSF: Bulgaria again lowest in EU in media freedom ranking

April 21, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Reporters Without Borders, RSF, has again ranked Bulgaria lowest in the European Union in its 2019 media freedom ranking, released

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister changes rules for entering and leaving Sofia

April 21, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued on April 21 an amendment to his order regarding the ban on private car

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian officials: No radiation danger from fire near Chernobyl

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s top fire safety and health officials have rejected as unfounded rumours on social networks of a danger to the

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Bulgaria 

Israeli embassy, Bulgarian Jews hold online Yom HaShoah Holocaust commemoration

April 20, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The embassy of the State of Israel and the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” joined in marking Yom

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