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Covid-19: Bulgaria extends epidemic declaration to end of November

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

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on September 23 to extend the Covid-19 epidemic declaration that took effect in mid-May until the end

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Bulgaria 

Italy removes quarantine requirement for people arriving from Bulgaria

September 23, 2020September 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Italy has removed the requirement for mandatory quarantine for people who have resided in or transited through Bulgaria in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Quarantines at some schools in Bulgaria’s cities

September 23, 2020September 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Just more than a week after schools opened in Bulgaria for the 2020/21 year, there are quarantines of some classes

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Bulgaria 

Government proposes law on Bulgarian sign language

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Cabinet has approved draft legislation on Bulgarian Sign Language and is to table it in the National Assembly for

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 2 new deaths, 4608 active cases

September 23, 2020September 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll in Bulgaria among people who had tested positive for new coronavirus has risen to 767, with two

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant begins maintenance on unit 6

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy, new coronavirus, nuclear

Bulgaria’s sole nuclear power plant, at Kozloduy on the Danube River, said on September 22 that it has shut down

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 complicates threat from illegal drug market in Europe

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Covid-19’s disruption to drug use and the market could have long-term implications for Europe’s drug services and law enforcement agencies,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4 new deaths, 4522 active cases

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four 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 

Bulgaria court sentences Bourgas Airport terrorist attackers to life imprisonment without parole

September 21, 2020September 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

At the conclusion of a trial in absentia, a five-member panel of Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has found Meliad Farah

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