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Covid-19: Bulgarian Union of Medical Assistants and Paramedics says it has no confidence in government

November 16, 2020November 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian Union of Medical Assistants and Paramedics said in a post on Facebook that it was withdrawing its confidence

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Bulgaria 

Doctor who founded Bulgaria’s Bansko Jazz Fest dies of Covid-19

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Dr Emil Iliev, the founder of the International Jazz Festival in Bulgaria’s mountain resort town of Bansko, has died at

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 39 more deaths, active cases rise to 66 746

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Thirty-nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, death toll rose by 459, active cases by 17 491

November 15, 2020November 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll in Bulgaria from Covid-19 in the past seven days was the highest in a single week so

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Bulgaria 

Maxim Minchev, long-time head of Bulgarian news agency BTA, dead at 67

November 15, 2020November 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Maxim Minchev, a highly-respected journalist and long-time director-general of Bulgarian state news agency BTA, has died at the age of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MPs get salary hike, remain well above pay of top-earning IT specialists

November 14, 2020November 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament have received an increase in their basic salaries amounting to 500 leva (about 250 euro), bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll passes 2000-mark, active cases rise to 64 613

November 14, 2020November 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighty-five people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Outcry prompts Bulgaria to change rules for ‘green corridor’ shopping by elderly

November 13, 2020November 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The controversy that ensued from the Bulgarian Health Minister’s order limiting people aged 65 or older to going to supermarkets

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s capital Sofia issues guidelines for those who test positive

November 13, 2020November 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The regional health inspectorate in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia published on November 13 the guidelines it was advising people to

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