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Unemployment in Bulgaria jumped to 6.2% in April 2020 – Eurostat

June 3, 2020June 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Unemployment in Bulgaria rose from 4.5 per cent in March 2020 to 6.2 per cent in April, according to figures

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: All but social measures fall away on June 15, PM says

June 3, 2020June 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

After the Covid-19 epidemic declaration in Bulgaria expires on June 15, only social measures will remain in place, Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Graphs show trends in Bulgaria in deaths, unemployment and visitor numbers in 2020

June 2, 2020June 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A trend of deaths in Bulgaria being significantly lower in the first 21 weeks of 2020 than by the same

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Bulgaria Health Minister greenlights restart of football matches on June 5

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev said on June 2 that he approved the plans to resume domestic professional football matches

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria says Covid-19 epidemic is subsiding

June 2, 2020June 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Covid-19 epidemic in Bulgaria is subsiding and the number of new cases is decreasing in relative terms, Professor Todor

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices, leaves central heating unchanged

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has approved a 9.04 per cent decrease in gas prices for end-users starting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s deputy environment minister, facing criminal charges, dismissed

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has fired Deputy Environment Minister Krassimir Zhivkov, the government press service said on June 1,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders join tributes to late artist Christo

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian leaders are among those who have joined in paying tribute to late Bulgarian-born artist Christo, who died on May

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Bulgaria 

Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 2020 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Across Bulgaria, sirens will sound for two minutes at noon on June 2 2020 in an annual custom honouring the

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