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More than 4400 people registered unemployed in Bulgaria in a single day

April 2, 2020April 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 4477 people registered as unemployed at labour bureaux in Bulgaria in a single day yesterday, Labour and

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Video: Of Covid-19, Bulgaria’s State of Emergency, and masks

April 2, 2020April 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Sofia Globe and Lance Nelson of banskoblog.com have begun a series of YouTube videos taking a serious look at

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Number of deaths in Bulgaria rises to 10

April 1, 2020April 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A 10th patient who had been tested as positive for Covid-19 has died, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health said on the

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Bulgarian Cabinet to ask Parliament to extend State of Emergency to May 13

April 1, 2020April 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Government decided at its sitting on April 1 to ask the National Assembly to extend the State of Emergency,

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Bulgaria reports ninth death of patient who had tested positive for Covid-19

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A 57-year-old man who had tested positive for Covid-19 died at the intensive care unit of a hospital in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas, heating prices; electricity prices unchanged

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said that electricity prices will remain unchanged, while the natural gas price will

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Europe 

EC scientists develop control material to help prevent coronavirus test failures

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

European Commission scientists have designed new control material that laboratories can use to check the correct functioning of their coronavirus

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2020 was 4.1% – Eurostat

April 1, 2020April 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2020 was 4.1 per cent, unchanged from January and down from 4.7 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in Q1 2020 is 25 lower than same time last year

April 1, 2020April 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The numbers of people who died or were injured in serious road accidents in Bulgaria in the first quarter of

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