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Bulgaria, Croatia accepted into ERM2 euro zone ‘waiting room’

July 10, 2020July 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The European Central Bank (ECB) said on July 10 that Bulgaria and Croatia have been accepted to join the Exchange

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Greece to require negative PCR test at Kulata-Promachonas from July 14

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus, tourism

Holidaymakers travelling to Greece by land via the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border will have to show proof of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Controversy over guarding of Dogan’s seaside mansion deepens

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The melodrama currently preoccupying Bulgaria’s politicians took new turns on July 10 as it emerged that the National Security Service

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Yet another new record as cases jump by 330

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

Bulgaria registered yet another new record in the increase in new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, by 330, according to

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Covid-19: Bulgaria closes indoor discos, nightclubs, restricts group celebrations to 30 people

July 9, 2020July 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Facing a sharp rise in the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus, Bulgaria’s government decided to bring back a

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv announces new measures against spread of Covid-19

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Additional measures against the spread of new coronavirus are coming into force in the city and district of Plovdiv, regional

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: No queue at Kulata-Promachonas as Greece steps up testing – updated

July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry denied on July 9 reports in Bulgarian media earlier in the day that all holidaymakers crossing the

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Mathematics professor: Potentially, about 50 000 people in Bulgaria infected with new coronavirus

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

Potentially, there are about 50 000 people in Bulgaria infected with new coronavirus, mathematics Professor Nikolai Vitanov said in a

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Prosecutors arrest two Bulgarian presidential aides

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Prosecutors have arrested two aides to President Roumen Radev, it was announced on July 9. One is Iliya Milushev, presidential

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