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Bulgarian PM on Covid-19: Hard times are ahead

July 8, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Hard times are ahead, given the situation with the spread of the coronavirus in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 69% of Bulgarians believe better discipline would strengthen fight against Covid-19

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty-nine per cent of Bulgarians believe that better discipline in society was most important to contain the spread of Covid-19,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Air adds additional flights to Amsterdam, Athens, Zurich, Berlin, Frankfurt

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Flag carrier Bulgaria Air is continuing to restore its flight schedule, and in July and August is adding new additional

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Bulgaria 

IHRA condemns rehabilitation of historical figures complicit in Holocaust and genocide of the Roma

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Sending a strong message on the importance of truthful remembrance and research, the Berlin Plenary of the International Holocaust Remembrance

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Latest new record rise in cases

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

A new record has been set for an increase in confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria, as the national

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After mayor, two deputy mayors of Bulgaria’s Rousse test positive for new coronavirus

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Rousse

A day after it emerged that the mayor of Bulgaria’s Danube city of Rousse had tested positive for new coronavirus,

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Arrivals from UK, Portugal and Sweden to be still subject to quarantine

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The requirement that people arriving in Bulgaria from the United Kingdom, Portugal and Sweden go into 14-day mandatory quarantine is

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Coronavirus cases rising by 200 a day will be signal to return stricter measures

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

If the number of newly-confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria exceeds 200 a day, that will be a signal

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Bulgaria’s Rousse closes municipal HQ for disinfection after mayor tests positive for Covid-19

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Rousse

The mayor of Bulgaria’s city of Rousse on the Danube, Pencho Milkov, has bronchial pneumonia and has tested positive for

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