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Month: July 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 180 new cases, death toll rises to 241

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria has seen the second-highest increase in a day in the number of confirmed new coronavirus cases, according to data

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Perspectives 

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July 4, 2020September 18, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

For The Sofia Globe, there was a life before Covid-19; now the daunting challenge is to ensure that there is

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Outrage over conspiracy theories after death of Bulgarian emergency doctor

July 4, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The head of Bulgaria’s National Association of Emergency Medical Workers, Dr Desislava Katelieva, has reacted with outrage over conspiracy theories

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Bulgaria 

First weekend of July sees huge queues of cars at Bulgarian – Greek border

July 4, 2020July 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus

The queue of cars waiting to pass the Kulata-Promachonas border checkpoint from Bulgaria into Greece was 10km long, Bulgarian National

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria queries UK over exclusion from quarantine exemption

July 4, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Acting on the orders of Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria’s embassy in London has sent a note to the UK

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Another new record rise in cases, seven new deaths

July 4, 2020July 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of people in Bulgaria who have tested positive for new coronavirus in the past 24 hours is 182,

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Bulgaria 

Balkan Holidays cancels all summer 2020 Bulgaria charter flights and holidays

July 3, 2020July 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

British specialist tour operator Balkan Holidays has cancelled the remainder of its Bulgaria charter flights and holidays in summer 2020,

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Bulgaria 

Shorter queues at Bulgaria-Greece border, weekend traffic spike expected

July 3, 2020July 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus

Traffic congestion at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint on the Greek-Bulgarian border eased on July 3, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported, but

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Bulgaria 

European Commission authorises first treatment against Covid-19

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on July 3 that it had granted a conditional marketing authorisation for the medicine Remdesivir, making

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