Comment: Empty beaches, full stadiums…fuller cemeteries?
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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Day: July 7, 2020
After mayor, two deputy mayors of Bulgaria’s Rousse test positive for new coronavirus
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’s Health Minister: Arrivals from UK, Portugal and Sweden to be still subject to quarantine
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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Coronavirus: New exceptional support measures for EU wine sector
The European Commission adopted on July 7 an additional package of exceptional measures to support the wine sector, following the
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Covid-19: EU summer forecast predicts deeper recession, recovery ‘gaining traction’
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’s Health Minister: Coronavirus cases rising by 200 a day will be signal to return stricter measures
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’s Rousse closes municipal HQ for disinfection after mayor tests positive for Covid-19
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’s capital city mops up after huge storm floods underpasses, causes power cuts
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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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases rise to 2664, deaths to 250
The number of active cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria has risen by 85 in the past 24 hours to
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