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Protest outside Bulgaria’s Parliament as no-confidence debate begins

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Protesters demanding the resignations of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government, Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev and early elections disrupted traffic in

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll reaches 300, active cases rise to 4327

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 69 in the past 24 hours to a

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Protests against Bulgaria’s govt, prosecutor-general, again held in several foreign cities

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The number of foreign cities where expatriate Bulgarians have held protests demanding the resignations of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government

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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests ‘going to new phase’

July 19, 2020July 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

The protests in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government and of the Prosecutor-General are set to enter a new

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4258 active cases, two more deaths

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 146 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria’s annual Bourgas Sand Sculpture Festival open till end-September

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual sand sculpture festival in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas has opened, and will continue until the end

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As Bulgaria marks anniversary of airport attack, call for EU to designate Hezbollah terrorist organisation

July 18, 2020July 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

The embassy of Israel held a wreath-laying ceremony on July 17 at Bourgas Airport, on the eve of the eighth

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4112 active cases, 606 in hospital, four more deaths

July 18, 2020July 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 188 in the past 24 hours to reach

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Bulgarian railways asks public to vote on new locomotive design

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ has invited the public to vote online on the choice of design for its new Siemens

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