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Bulgaria’s biggest open-air ice rink to open in Plovdiv on December 1

November 17, 2020November 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The largest ice rink in Bulgaria will open on Central Square outside the Military Club in the city of Plovdiv

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rules against police access to phone data to check on quarantine compliance

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on November 17 to declare unconstitutional a provision in the Electronic Communications Act, which allowed law

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: ‘We will provide all types of vaccines offered by the EC’

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian government will provide all types of anti-Covid-19 vaccines offered by the European Commission, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-September 2020 was 729.5M euro

November 17, 2020November 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of the year stood at 729.5 million euro, the equivalent

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Single-day record of 152 deaths, confirmed cases pass 100 000-mark

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 152 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Right-wingers defend controversial Bulgarian professor against ‘dictates of minorities’

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A group of far-right and right-wing Bulgarian politicians and other figures have issued a public defence of Mihail Mirchev, the

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Covid-19: Biggest pressure in Bulgaria likely to be in first half of December, mathematician says

November 16, 2020November 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The biggest pressure regarding Covid-19 in Bulgaria will probably be in the first half of December, mathematics Professor Nikolai Vitanov

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.8% inflation in October

November 16, 2020December 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.8 per cent inflation in October, down from 0.9 per cent a month

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Labour Ministry says more than 500 000 in need given food packages, hot lunches

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

More than 526 000 Bulgarians in need have received food packages, hot lunches or other forms of care during the

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