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Bulgaria queries UK over exclusion from quarantine exemption

July 4, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Acting on the orders of Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria’s embassy in London has sent a note to the UK

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Another new record rise in cases, seven new deaths

July 4, 2020July 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of people in Bulgaria who have tested positive for new coronavirus in the past 24 hours is 182,

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Bulgaria 

Balkan Holidays cancels all summer 2020 Bulgaria charter flights and holidays

July 3, 2020July 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

British specialist tour operator Balkan Holidays has cancelled the remainder of its Bulgaria charter flights and holidays in summer 2020,

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Bulgaria 

Shorter queues at Bulgaria-Greece border, weekend traffic spike expected

July 3, 2020July 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus

Traffic congestion at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint on the Greek-Bulgarian border eased on July 3, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported, but

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Bulgaria 

European Commission authorises first treatment against Covid-19

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on July 3 that it had granted a conditional marketing authorisation for the medicine Remdesivir, making

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Traffic Police announce summer road law enforcement operation

July 3, 2020July 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Traffic Police law enforcement this summer will focus on the full range of offences on roads that customarily see increased

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 161 newly-confirmed cases, active cases rise to 2281

July 3, 2020July 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 161 of the 3155 PCR tests for Covid-19 carried out in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cup: Organisers, private firm fined over breaches of anti-coronavirus rules

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Professional Football League, organisers of the CSKA-Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria Cup football match at Vassil Levski stadium, and the company

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Bulgaria 

Long queue at Bulgarian-Greek border as traffic funnelled to Kulata-Promachonas

July 2, 2020July 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus

The decision by Greek authorities to restrict land arrivals into the country to select border crossings has resulted in a

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