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Day: August 19, 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian and US military in joint exercise Thracian Summer 2020

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

About 750 military personnel from the Bulgarian army and the US Air Force in Europe have been participating in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria monitoring situation in Belarus with concern, PM tells European Council

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government is continuing to monitor the situation in Belarus with concern following the August 9 presidential election, Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov: Bulgaria had 32.8% drop in new Covid-19 cases

August 19, 2020August 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

There was a 32.8 per cent decrease in the incidence of new Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria compared to the past

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Fortified Hellenistic centre found at Bulgaria’s Cape Chiroza site

August 19, 2020August 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The first stage of the excavations of a fortified Hellenistic site from the second to the first century BCE, located

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Bulgaria 

Submarine converted into museum opens in Bulgaria’s city of Varna

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Slava, a submarine that saw service with the Bulgarian Navy from 1985 until its decommissioning in 2011, has opened to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan who had Covid-19 dead at 78

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, new coronavirus

A member of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Amvrosiy of Dorostol, has died at the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4451 active cases, 782 in hospital, 7 more deaths

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has decreased in the past 24 hours by 95 to a

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