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Day: July 7, 2020

Perspectives 

Comment: Empty beaches, full stadiums…fuller cemeteries?

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

Among the beneficiaries of state aid for small businesses in Bulgaria hit by the Covid-19 crisis were funeral parlours in

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Bulgaria 

After mayor, two deputy mayors of Bulgaria’s Rousse test positive for new coronavirus

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Rousse

A day after it emerged that the mayor of Bulgaria’s Danube city of Rousse had tested positive for new coronavirus,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Arrivals from UK, Portugal and Sweden to be still subject to quarantine

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The requirement that people arriving in Bulgaria from the United Kingdom, Portugal and Sweden go into 14-day mandatory quarantine is

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Europe 

Coronavirus: New exceptional support measures for EU wine sector

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, wine

The European Commission adopted on July 7 an additional package of exceptional measures to support the wine sector, following the

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Business 

Covid-19: EU summer forecast predicts deeper recession, recovery ‘gaining traction’

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

The European Commission lowered further its economic growth expectations for 2020 in the summer forecast released on July 7, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Coronavirus cases rising by 200 a day will be signal to return stricter measures

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

If the number of newly-confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria exceeds 200 a day, that will be a signal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Rousse closes municipal HQ for disinfection after mayor tests positive for Covid-19

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Rousse

The mayor of Bulgaria’s city of Rousse on the Danube, Pencho Milkov, has bronchial pneumonia and has tested positive for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital city mops up after huge storm floods underpasses, causes power cuts

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A massive thunderstorm struck Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the night of July 6, flooding underpasses and metro underground railway

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases rise to 2664, deaths to 250

July 7, 2020July 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria has risen by 85 in the past 24 hours to

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