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Anti-government protesters in Bulgaria block thoroughfares in major cities

July 29, 2020August 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Protesters in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government and the Prosecutor-General blocked major thoroughfares in Sofia and other large

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister says will provide 2M vaccines

July 29, 2020August 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has given authority to the Ministry of Health, subject to ratification by Parliament, so that the country can

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Bulgaria 

EC secures EU countries’ access to Remdesivir for treatment of Covid-19

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

The European Commission said that it signed a contract on July 28 with pharmaceutical company Gilead to secure treatment doses

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4750 active cases, eight more deaths

July 29, 2020July 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 61 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria court to consider application to de-register political party behind ‘Lukov March’

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Sofia City Court said that it has agreed to hear an application by the Prosecutor’s Office to cancel the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Special prosecutors order probe into antisemitic calls by controversial figure

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Special Prosecutor’s Office has assigned to the State Agency for National Security an investigation into antisemitic appeals, including calls

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Bulgaria 

Visits by foreigners to Bulgaria in June 2020 were 75.2% down y/y

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

In June 2020, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 75.2% lower than in June 2019,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria allocates about 250M leva on healthcare spending

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

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said on July 28 that the Budget spending on healthcare was being increased by about

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 8000-year-old skeletons found at Slatina site in Bulgarian capital Sofia

July 28, 2020August 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

A Bulgarian team of archaeologists has found four Early Neolithic tombs estimated to date back 8000 years at the Slatina

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