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Month: July 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria lowers VAT rate on wine and beer sales in restaurants

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on July 30 the second reading of amendments to the Value-Added Tax Act, reducing the tax

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to mining concessions

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on July 30 that he has vetoed some provisions in the bill of amendments to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Confirmed cases rise by 284, active cases 4816, 13 more deaths

July 30, 2020July 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 284 in the past day after 6395 PCR

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Bulgaria 

Anti-government protesters in Bulgaria block thoroughfares in major cities

July 29, 2020August 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Protesters in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government and the Prosecutor-General blocked major thoroughfares in Sofia and other large

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister says will provide 2M vaccines

July 29, 2020August 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has given authority to the Ministry of Health, subject to ratification by Parliament, so that the country can

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Bulgaria 

EC secures EU countries’ access to Remdesivir for treatment of Covid-19

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said that it signed a contract on July 28 with pharmaceutical company Gilead to secure treatment doses

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4750 active cases, eight more deaths

July 29, 2020July 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 61 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria court to consider application to de-register political party behind ‘Lukov March’

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Sofia City Court said that it has agreed to hear an application by the Prosecutor’s Office to cancel the

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s nationalists see chance to exploit Hagia Sophia issue

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

For Bulgaria’s government, reconversion of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque is a matter of “deep regret”, while for

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