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Month: August 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President rejects PM Borissov’s call for Grand National Assembly to change constitution

August 14, 2020August 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

In a televised address to the nation on the evening of August 14, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev rejected Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Covid-19 situation in country ‘under control’

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Covid-19 situation in Bulgaria is under control, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said on August 14, according to a report

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian economy shrank by 9.8% in Q2 2020 – flash estimate

August 14, 2020August 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s economy declined by 9.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in

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Bulgaria 

Sceptical reactions to Bulgarian PM’s plan for Grand National Assembly, new constitution

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The August 14 announcement by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that his GERB party would propose the election of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov to propose Grand National Assembly, new constitution

August 14, 2020August 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In a video address on August 14, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that his GERB party would propose to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Air resumes flights to Israel on August 23

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, new coronavirus, tourism

From August 23, flag carrier Bulgaria Air will resume flights to Tel Aviv, the airline said in a statement on

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Europe 

Covid-19: European Commission reaches agreement with AstraZeneca on a potential vaccine

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission reached a first agreement on August 14 with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to purchase a potential vaccine against

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Europe 

Covid-19: EC, Unesco, Twitter and WJC join forces to combat conspiracy theories online

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission and Unesco, as well as Twitter and the World Jewish Congress, are joining forces to raise awareness

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian National Bank putting new 5 leva banknote into circulation in September

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on August 14 that it is putting into circulation a new version of the five

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