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United Group announces deal to buy Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group

December 25, 2020December 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Dutch-registered telecoms and media company United Group has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Bulgaria’s largest multi-platform media

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 45 more deaths, active cases decrease to 81 955

December 25, 2020December 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Forty-five people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector: Antigen tests at airport for arrivals from UK

December 24, 2020December 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Arrangements have been made for people arriving in Bulgaria from the United Kingdom to undergo at the airport rapid antigen

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Bulgaria’s government: ‘Anti-epidemic measures are yielding results’

December 24, 2020December 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The anti-epidemic measures in Bulgaria are working and no part of the country remains a red zone for Covid-19 morbidity,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 99 more deaths, 82 443 active cases

December 24, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety-nine people in Bulgaria who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Education Minister: 66 teachers in Bulgaria have died of Covid-19

December 23, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty-six teachers in Bulgaria have died of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in the country, Education Minister Krassimir

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UK – Bulgaria flights allowed to resume as of December 23

December 23, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Flights between the United Kingdom and Bulgaria may resume as of noon on December 23, it was decided at a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to include antigen test results in Covid-19 statistics

December 23, 2020December 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kostadin Angelov has issued an order that from December 23, the results of antigen tests for Covid-19

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Bulgarian Jewish organisation Shalom condemns antisemitic daubing of Plovdiv synagogue

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has strongly condemned the daubing of antisemitic graffiti on the oldest operating

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