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Month: June 2020

Bulgaria 

Third day of large queues at Bulgarian – Greek border

June 17, 2020June 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

On the third day after Greece re-opened its border to Bulgarian citizens without requiring mandatory quarantine, large queues formed at

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: active cases rise to 1455, five new deaths

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 74 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines electricity firm CEZ 4.4M leva

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s competition regulator said on June 16 that it found three local subsidiaries of energy group CEZ guilty of unfair

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court rejects challenge to camping ban

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on June 16 that it has ruled against the challenge to the Black Sea Act amendments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Environment Minister says will not stop controversial project on Black Sea coast

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Environment Minister Emil Dimitrov said on June 16 that he would not stop a construction project at Alepu on

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Marble slab with poetic inscription found at Bulgaria’s Varna thermae

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

A marble slab with a poetic inscription is the latest find from excavations by archaeologists at the 2nd Century CE

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases drop to 1381, deaths rise to 176

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has decreased by five to 1381 in the past 24 hours,

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Bulgaria 

Consumption of wine in Bulgaria dropped during Covid-19 restrictions – report

June 15, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, wine

Contrary to expectations, during the time of isolation in Bulgaria because of Covid-19, people drank less wine and rakiya, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Long queues of cars as Greece opens border with Bulgaria

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus, tourism

Long queues of cars formed at Bulgaria’s Makaza and Kulata checkpoints at the Greek border on June 15, the day

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