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Month: May 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, May 1: Cases rise, masks go, mountains ‘open’

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 49 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Sofia municipality: Vitosha mountain ‘opens’ for walks from May 3

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Vitosha nature park will be re-opened from May 3 for visits by the public, Sofia municipality said soon after Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria lifts ban on visiting mountains and national parks

May 1, 2020May 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on May 1 lifting the ban on visiting mountains, national parks and

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria scraps order on mandatory wearing of masks in public places

May 1, 2020May 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on May 1 cancelling his earlier order requiring the mandatory wearing of

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Bulgaria 

4.5 Richter scale earthquake shakes Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

May 1, 2020May 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

An earthquake measured as 4.5 on the Richter scale by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre shook Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Labour Day weekend: Thousands turned back at intercity travel checkpoints

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Close to 40 000 vehicles had left Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia in the past 24 hours, while police refused permission

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Bulgaria 

For second month, Bulgaria’s road deaths fall

May 1, 2020May 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

April 2020 was the second consecutive month to see a significant decrease in the number of deaths and injuries in

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