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Covid-19 impact: Foreign tourist arrivals in Bulgaria in August 2020 down close to 68% y/y

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria in August 2020 was 67.9 per cent lower than in

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 11 new deaths, active cases rise to 5125

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eleven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes Electoral Code amendments

September 28, 2020September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on September 28 that he had vetoed a number of provisions in the bill of

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Bulgaria 

Fines for breaking anti-coronavirus rules at Bulgarian PM, two political parties’ events

September 28, 2020September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Organisers of three events – one involving Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, the other two political party meetings – are

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Bulgaria’s summer 2020 tourist season lost a billion euro because of Covid-19 – report

September 28, 2020September 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s summer 2020 tourist season lost close to a billion euro because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the optimistic forecast

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Bulgaria’s Education Minister: 4 in 1000 classes quarantined because of Covid-19

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four in 1000 school classes in Bulgaria have been quarantined because of confirmed cases of new coronavirus since the start

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Bulgaria 

Borissov assures Zaev that Bulgaria supports European future of N Macedonia

September 28, 2020September 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has assured Zoran Zaev, his counterpart in Skopje, that Bulgaria remains consistent in its support

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 7 new deaths, active cases rise to 5083

September 28, 2020September 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Tsvetanov’s Republicans for Bulgaria holds founding meeting

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Republicans for Bulgaria, the political party of former GERB parliamentary leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov, held its founding meeting in Sofia on

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