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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Shopping malls to re-open on May 18, PM says

May 15, 2020May 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A statement by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that shopping malls would re-open on May 18 was the latest in

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Bulgaria 

Close to 100 000 people lost their jobs after Bulgaria’s coronavirus State of Emergency began

May 15, 2020May 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Unemployment in Bulgaria rose from 201 000 at the start of Bulgaria’s State of Emergency on March 13 to 300

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Bulgaria 

Women in Bulgaria are EU’s youngest first-time mothers

May 15, 2020May 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Women in Bulgaria have their first child at an average age of 26.2 years, the youngest in the European Union,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Death toll passes 100, total 1491 active cases

May 15, 2020May 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 is 102, while there are a total

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Constitutional Court challenge against Health Act amendments filed

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on March 14 that it has formally opened a case after President Roumen Radev tabled a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Tourism Ministry posts rules for hotels and catering establishments

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism has published on its website a draft of detailed instructions for the operation of accommodation and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria order for retailers to sell local food triggers EU infringement procedure

May 14, 2020July 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on May 14 that it opened infringement proceedings against Bulgaria in relation to the Cabinet decree

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Bulgaria 

EC approves Bulgaria’s 173M leva state aid scheme for SMEs hit by coronavirus outbreak

May 14, 2020May 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) said on May 14 that it had approved a 173 million leva (88 million euro) scheme

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Plovdiv’s Hills of Rock 2020 cancelled

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

The 2020 Hills of Rock festival that had been planned for Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv from July 24 to 26

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