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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More doctors’ deaths reported

November 23, 2020November 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) expressed on November 23 its condolences to the families and colleagues of three doctors who

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Bulgaria 

Venice Commission says more changes needed in Bulgarian constitutional amendments

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, said on November 23 that it welcomed some

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Bulgaria 

EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria on audiovisual content

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on November 23 that it was opening infringement procedures against 23 member states, Bulgaria among them,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 60 more deaths, active cases rise to 82 416

November 23, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death

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Doctor in Bulgaria’s Razlog is country’s latest medic to die of Covid-19

November 22, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Dr Spas Radev of Razlog has died of Covid-19, according to an announcement by the south-western Bulgarian mountain resort town’s

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Covid-19: Bulgarian restaurant bodies call for shutdown of those who break the rules

November 22, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Restaurants that break the rules against the spread of Covid-19 should be shut down immediately and their licences revoked, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Razlog proposes second ski run and new ski lift

November 22, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The municipality of Razlog, a mountain resort town in south-western Bulgaria, has submitted an investment proposal for a second ski

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Bulgaria’s Deputy Health Minister denies health care system is in chaos

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Deputy Health Minister Dr Boiko Penkov has said that the sense that the country’s health care system is in

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 729 more deaths, 23 262 new cases

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 729 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, the highest

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