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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4280 active cases, one more death

September 8, 2020September 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 1220 PCR tests were done in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, of which 57 proved positive,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Sports Minister discharged from intensive care

September 7, 2020September 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Minister of Sport Krassen Kralev, who tested positive for Covid-19 on August 23, has been discharged from intensive care

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 5 new deaths, 4256 active cases, 766 in hospital

September 7, 2020September 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 1407 PCR tests were done in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, of which 39 proved positive,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 66 deaths in the past week

September 6, 2020September 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Six people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Road repairs to begin on hazardous stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway

September 5, 2020September 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

September 2020 will see the beginning of road repairs of about 50km of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, on a stretch in

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Bulgaria’s protests and the hunting of Hippoland

September 5, 2020September 9, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Let us begin with two notes from history. In May 1971, Richard M Nixon was holding forth on the topic

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Bulgaria 

Implementing ECHR judgments: Council of Europe calls on Bulgaria to uphold the rule of law

September 5, 2020September 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Committee of Ministers of the 47-nation Council of Europe has urged Bulgaria to prepare new legislative and, if necessary,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Malta scraps PCR test requirement for arrivals from Bulgaria

September 5, 2020September 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of September 5, Malta no longer requires people arriving from Bulgaria to present a negative PCR test done up

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 7 new deaths, 4243 active cases, 763 in hospital

September 5, 2020September 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, the national information

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