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Month: July 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv announces new measures against spread of Covid-19

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

Additional measures against the spread of new coronavirus are coming into force in the city and district of Plovdiv, regional

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: No queue at Kulata-Promachonas as Greece steps up testing – updated

July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry denied on July 9 reports in Bulgarian media earlier in the day that all holidaymakers crossing the

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Bulgaria 

Mathematics professor: Potentially, about 50 000 people in Bulgaria infected with new coronavirus

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

Potentially, there are about 50 000 people in Bulgaria infected with new coronavirus, mathematics Professor Nikolai Vitanov said in a

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors arrest two Bulgarian presidential aides

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Prosecutors have arrested two aides to President Roumen Radev, it was announced on July 9. One is Iliya Milushev, presidential

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Business 

Bulgarian Parliament approves creation of state petroleum company

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved at second reading on July 9 a bill to amend the State Reserve and War-time Storage

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Record 240 new cases, five more deaths

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

Yet another new record was set on July 9 as the national information system reported 240 newly-confirmed cases in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: As cases in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv rise, mayor says will limit mass events

July 8, 2020July 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Limitations will be imposed on mass public events in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv, the municipality confirmed to local media on

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Perspectives 

Comment: Democratic Bulgaria’s Hristo Ivanov’s D-Day landing

July 8, 2020July 9, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

It was a stunt, but it was a good one. Hristo Ivanov had a Bulgarian flag in his hand; he

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Perspectives 

Covid-19: The case for more (and better) Europe

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

Eighteen years ago, I wrote an editorial saying that there was a need for a coherent agreed European Union policy

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