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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 1934 active cases, death toll 216

June 28, 2020June 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 93 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

First three charter flights of 2020 to Bulgaria’s Varna arrive on June 27

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism, Varna

The first three charter flights of summer 2020 to Bulgaria’s Varna Airport arrive from Germany on June 27, the Black

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Bulgaria 

Former parliamentary leader of Bulgarian PM’s GERB confirms he will found his own party

June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, the former parliamentary leader of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and who was Interior Minister in

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases rise to 1841, four new deaths

June 27, 2020June 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 14 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Varna Summer International Music Festival 2020 opens on July 19

June 27, 2020September 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Varna Summer International Music Festival 2020 opens at the open-air theatre in the Bulgarian Black Sea city on July

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First charter flight of Bulgaria’s 2020 summer season arrives in Bourgas

June 26, 2020June 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The first group of foreign tourists for Bulgaria’s 2020 summer season arrived on a charter flight from Amsterdam at Bourgas

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Covid-19: Bulgarian Parliament passes second revision of 2020 Budget Act

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Assembly passed at first and second reading on June 26 a revision of the 2020 Budget Act, the

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NSI: 16 newspapers in Bulgaria closed in 2019

June 26, 2020June 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A total of 233 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2019, a decrease of 16 compared with the previous year,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: New record rise in cases, 1827 active

June 26, 2020June 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A new record increase in a single day of Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria was reported after 166 of 2775 samples

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