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Bulgaria ‘VAT gap’ shrank in 2018 – European Commission

September 10, 2020September 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s “VAT gap”, the difference between expected value-added tax revenue and the amount actually collected, was 614 million euro in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Germany removes Bulgaria’s Dobrich district from high-risk areas list

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Germany, new coronavirus

Germany has removed the district of Dobrich in north-eastern Bulgaria from its list of high-risk areas, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said

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Antisemitism in Bulgaria: Nine complaints in 2019, one prosecution, no convictions

September 10, 2020September 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

For a second year running, no one was convicted of antisemitic crimes in Bulgaria in 2019, though the year saw

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Bulgaria 

Second ‘national uprising’ anti-government protest in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

September 10, 2020September 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

People from various places in Bulgaria joined what organisers billed as the “Grand National Uprising 2” protest in Sofia on

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll passes 700-mark

September 10, 2020September 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ten 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 

Deaths in Bulgaria in July, August exceeded toll in same months of 2019

September 9, 2020September 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of deaths in Bulgaria in July and August 2020 exceeded the figures for the same months of 2019,

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Bulgaria 

Annual acrimony over anniversary of communist takeover of Bulgaria

September 9, 2020September 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s rival politicians marked the September 9 2020 of the 1944 communist takeover of the country with their customary acrimony.

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Italy, Belgium tighten restrictions on Bulgarian arrivals

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Italy has once again extended the requirement that arrivals from Bulgaria or Romania must spend 14 days in quarantine until

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 15 more deaths, 4324 active cases

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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