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Month: December 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 99 more deaths, 82 443 active cases

December 24, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety-nine people in Bulgaria who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Education Minister: 66 teachers in Bulgaria have died of Covid-19

December 23, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty-six teachers in Bulgaria have died of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in the country, Education Minister Krassimir

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Bulgaria 

UK – Bulgaria flights allowed to resume as of December 23

December 23, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Flights between the United Kingdom and Bulgaria may resume as of noon on December 23, it was decided at a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to include antigen test results in Covid-19 statistics

December 23, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kostadin Angelov has issued an order that from December 23, the results of antigen tests for Covid-19

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation Shalom condemns antisemitic daubing of Plovdiv synagogue

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has strongly condemned the daubing of antisemitic graffiti on the oldest operating

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Government extends ’60:40′ payroll support to September 2021

December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s government is extending its “60:40” payroll support measure for employers, a response to the Covid-19 crisis, until September 2021,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 114 more deaths, active cases decrease by 739

December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s death toll linked to Covid-19 has risen to 6879, with 114 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Balkan Holidays cancels Bulgaria charter flights from January 23 to February 6

December 22, 2020December 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

British specialist tour operator Balkan Holidays said on December 22 that because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it had decided

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state railways’ new locomotives go into service

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

The first of Bulgarian state railways BDZ’s new locomotives went into service on December 22, BDZ said. The Siemens locomotives

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