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Month: May 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 1513 active cases, death toll 110

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 24 in the past 24 hours to 2235,

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Bulgaria 

Police fine 11 restaurants, coffee shops in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv for breaking anti-epidemic rules

May 17, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Police in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv checked 95 establishments – restaurants, bars, coffee shops and fast food outlets – in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 108 dead, 1505 active cases

May 17, 2020May 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Three people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the death

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Large-scale testing in old age homes

May 16, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Large-scale testing for coronavirus has begun in old age homes in Bulgaria, Professor Todor Kantardzhiev, head of the National Centre

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister announces rules for re-opening of malls, gyms

May 16, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has announced the rules for the re-opening of shopping malls and gyms, to be allowed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.3% economic growth in Q1 2020 – flash estimate

May 15, 2020May 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.3 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2020, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Shopping malls to re-open on May 18, PM says

May 15, 2020May 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A statement by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that shopping malls would re-open on May 18 was the latest in

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Bulgaria 

Close to 100 000 people lost their jobs after Bulgaria’s coronavirus State of Emergency began

May 15, 2020May 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Unemployment in Bulgaria rose from 201 000 at the start of Bulgaria’s State of Emergency on March 13 to 300

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Bulgaria 

Women in Bulgaria are EU’s youngest first-time mothers

May 15, 2020May 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Women in Bulgaria have their first child at an average age of 26.2 years, the youngest in the European Union,

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