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Day: June 9, 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian economy to shrink by 6.2% in 2020 – World Bank forecast

June 9, 2020June 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, World Bank

Bulgaria’s economy was set to contract by 6.2 per cent in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Book Association poll: Sales fell 50 – 70% in March – May y/y

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Book sales in Bulgaria in March to May 2020 were between 50 per cent and 70 per cent lower than

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Bulgaria 

Cyprus re-opens airports to Bulgaria flights

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Cyprus re-opened its airports to flights to and from 19 countries including Bulgaria on June 9, the Foreign Ministry in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector wants epidemic declaration extended

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said on June 9 that he would ask the government to extend the

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Business 

Bulgaria’s retail trade turnover in April 2020 down close to 20% y/y

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s retail trade turnover dropped 19.9 per cent in April 2020 compared with the same month of 2019, the National

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Bulgaria 

Stefan Vodenicharov, formerly Bulgaria’s Education Minister, dies aged 75

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Stefan Vodenicharov, who was briefly Bulgaria’s Minister of Education in 2013 and who was president of the Bulgarian Academy of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s deputy agriculture minister tests positive for Covid-19

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

One of Bulgaria’s deputy agriculture ministers has tested positive for Covid-19, Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva confirmed in a television interview

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 83 new confirmed cases, four more deaths

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rose by a third consecutive day on June 9, by 40

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