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Day: November 17, 2020

Perspectives 

Cheap nationalisms in North Macedonia issue cost Bulgaria leadership role in Balkans

November 17, 2020November 20, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Macedonia

It was not that long ago, in 2018, when Bulgaria won praise in several quarters for using its presidency of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: From ostracism to absurdities

November 17, 2020November 19, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

It is a truism that a crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic will bring out the best and the worst

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s biggest open-air ice rink to open in Plovdiv on December 1

November 17, 2020November 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The largest ice rink in Bulgaria will open on Central Square outside the Military Club in the city of Plovdiv

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rules against police access to phone data to check on quarantine compliance

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on November 17 to declare unconstitutional a provision in the Electronic Communications Act, which allowed law

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: ‘We will provide all types of vaccines offered by the EC’

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian government will provide all types of anti-Covid-19 vaccines offered by the European Commission, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-September 2020 was 729.5M euro

November 17, 2020November 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of the year stood at 729.5 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Single-day record of 152 deaths, confirmed cases pass 100 000-mark

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 152 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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