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Covid-19 crisis: Bulgarian accommodation establishments’ revenue in September down 47.1% y/y

November 10, 2020November 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The total revenue from nights spent in accommodation establishments in Bulgaria in September 2020 was 88.1 million leva, about 47.1

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Record 106 deaths, active cases rise to 51 922

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

A total of 106 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Waiting for November 12 – or earlier

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

On October 27, Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced new anti-epidemic restrictions that were to go into effect on two days later

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Bulgaria 

As Kristallnacht anniversary marked, alarm raised about neo-Nazi site in Bulgaria

November 9, 2020November 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Even as Bulgarian Jews commemorated the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, a harbinger event of the Holocaust, it emerged that a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association calls for uniform time for curfew of restaurants

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

The Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA) has called on the government to decree a uniform time for the curfew

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s retail trade in online orders up 53.9% y/y in September

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

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 crisis, retail turnover in Bulgaria in sales via the internet in September 2020 was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves further 81M leva to fight Covid-19 spread

November 9, 2020November 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Government has approved an additional 81 million leva, or about 41.4 million euro, for the country’s healthcare system to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 33 more deaths, 49 087 active cases

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

Thirty-three 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 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 353 deaths, 17 528 new active cases

November 8, 2020November 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll linked to Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 353 in the past week, according to figures in

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