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Covid-19: Bulgaria extends ’60:40′ employment aid scheme to end-2020

October 7, 2020October 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on October 7 to extend the duration of its 60:40 employment aid scheme until the end of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2020 – the full programme

October 7, 2020October 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2020 is on at the Bulgarian city’s Boris Christoff House of Culture from November 5 to

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Bulgaria 

US, Bulgaria sign 10-year road map for military co-operation

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

United States Defence Secretary Mark Esper and Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov signed a 10-year road map charting defence co-operation

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases pass 6000-mark, 135 new cases in Sofia

October 7, 2020October 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister, British ambassador discuss lifting restrictions on travellers from Bulgaria to UK

October 6, 2020October 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Mariana Nikolova discussed the lifting of restrictions on travellers from Bulgaria to the United Kingdom with British

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Bulgaria’s September 2020 death toll higher by 452 y/y

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 7404 deaths were recorded in Bulgaria in September 2020, a total of 452 more than in September

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had largest drop in EU in retail trade volume in August 2020 y/y

October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria recorded the largest decrease in retail trade volume among all European Union countries in August 2020 on an annual

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 10 new deaths, cases among medical personnel pass 1200-mark

October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ten 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 

European Parliament debate on Bulgaria: ‘Fed up with corruption’

October 5, 2020October 7, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Perhaps the most telling point in the European Parliament debate on the rule of law in Bulgaria came from German

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