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Month: August 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Traffic Police: Road to Greece is open

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Traffic in the region of Blagoevgrad on the E-79 international road to Greece has not been stopped and is being

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Anti-government protesters obstruct traffic on E-79 road to Greece – reports

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Protesters demanding the resignation of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government and Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev obstructed traffic on the E-79

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 5055 active cases, 793 in hospital, two more deaths

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 67 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 outbreak among cops cuts deployment at Bulgaria’s anti-government protests

August 1, 2020August 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

An increase in confirmed cases of new coronavirus among police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has resulted in a decision

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Bulgaria 

19-year-old is Bulgaria’s youngest victim of Covid-19

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

A 19-year-old school-leaver from the Bulgarian city of Veliko Turnovo who had tested positive for Covid-19 died on July 31,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protesters block Stara Zagora – Haskovo road

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

Protesters demanding the resignation of the Bulgarian government and Prosecutor-General blocked the Stara Zagora – Haskovo road for more than

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Bulgaria 

For fifth month, Bulgaria’s road death toll remains lower than in 2019

August 1, 2020August 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

July 2020 was the fifth consecutive month to see Bulgaria’s road death toll remaining lower than it was at the

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Bulgaria 

Long queue of cars at Bulgaria-Greece Kulata border checkpoint

August 1, 2020August 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, tourism

A queue of cars stretching about five kilometres formed at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint at the Bulgarian-Greek border on the morning

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Europe 

IHRA, EC speak out on Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day

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

Ahead of Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day on August 2, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and members of the European

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