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Month: April 2020

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup April 20: 929 cases, partial re-opening of routine medical services

April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 35 in the past 24 hours to 929,

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Video: Online shopping, and Bulgaria’s fines for travelling when it’s not fine

April 20, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Lance Nelson of appfactory.bg and banskoblog.com and The Sofia Globe’s publisher Clive Leviev-Sawyer take a look at trends in online

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had lowest percentage of online shopping in EU in 2019 – Eurostat

April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-two per cent of Bulgarians shopped online in 2019, the lowest percentage among European Union member states, EU statistics agency

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Bulgaria 

Confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rise by 31 in 24 hours to 915

April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 31 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 19 – cases near 900 mark

April 19, 2020April 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has reached 894, counting active cases, those who have died and

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Checks of those returning to Sofia will be serious, mayor says

April 18, 2020April 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Police checks of those returning to Sofia at the close of the Orthodox Easter weekend will be serious, mayor Yordanka

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Bulgaria 

Orthodox Easter 2020: Scaled-down ‘holy fire’ ceremony in Jerusalem

April 18, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, new coronavirus

In an annual Easter ritual sacred to Orthodox Christians, the “holy fire” was distributed at the Church of the Holy

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Many motorists try to leave Bulgaria’s capital city in spite of ban – report

April 18, 2020April 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Many motorists tried to use the 6am – 8am window on April 18 to leave Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 17: 846 cases, tight travel restrictions in Sofia

April 17, 2020April 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 46 in the past 24 hours to 846,

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