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Bulgaria’s exports up 2.7% on annual basis in January – February 2020

April 10, 2020April 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports in January and February 2020 were 2.7 per cent higher than in the first two months of 2019,

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Bulgaria: 72 000 newly-registered unemployed since start of coronavirus State of Emergency

April 10, 2020April 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Since the start of Bulgaria’s State of Emergency, voted on March 13 against the spread of coronavirus, about 72 000

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria announces support scheme for lowest-earners in cultural field

April 10, 2020April 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s government announced on April 10 a three-month financial support scheme for all freelancers in the cultural field who earned

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 9 – from the World Bank to checks on couriers

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

After better-than-expected GDP growth in 2019, Bulgaria’s economy, in line with other EU countries, is set to plunge into a

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Easter 2020: Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s flight to fetch ‘Holy Fire’ cancelled

April 9, 2020April 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, new coronavirus

A flight on a Bulgarian government aircraft to Israel to fetch the “Holy Fire” – a key part of Eastern

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Bulgarian Medical Association’s ‘heroes in white’ campaign has raised 161 000 leva so far

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventeen days after the start of the Bulgarian Medical Association’s “For the Heroes in White” campaign to raise funds for

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: EC approves 500M leva Bulgarian guarantee scheme to support SMEs

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission has approved a Bulgarian 500 million leva (about 255 million euro) public guarantee scheme to support small

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Operational HQ: Number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria passes 600 mark

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria as of the morning of April 9 is 611, with

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 8

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

There are a total of 593 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria, counting 24 deaths, one of them on Wednesday,

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