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From October 24, people arriving in Malta from Bulgaria must show negative PCR tests

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From October 24, people arriving in Malta from Bulgaria will have to present a negative result of a PCR test,

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Bulgaria 

Media freedom core issue in resignation of Bulgarian National Radio head

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media

At the core of the controversy around the resignation of Bulgarian National Radio director-general Andon Baltakov are the issues of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 29 more deaths, 1472 new cases, 14 689 active

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

Twenty-nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past day, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria publishes order making wearing masks outdoors compulsory

October 21, 2020October 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has published the order that makes wearing protective masks while outdoors mandatory for everyone starting on October

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry announces anti-Covid measures for 2020/21 winter holiday season

October 21, 2020October 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism announced on October 21 a uniform minimum package of measures which it said are to be

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s government to buy 4.86 million leva of Remdesivir

October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on October 21 that it has approved additional spending by the Ministry of Health to buy 4.86

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Education Minister: Schools go to distance learning if 20% of pupils have symptoms of coronavirus or flu

October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Education Minister Krassimir Vulchev said on October 21 that schools would close and switch to distance learning when 20

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 11 more deaths, 1336 new cases, 13 430 active

October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eleven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past day, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria makes wearing masks outdoors compulsory from October 22

October 20, 2020October 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From October 22, wearing protective masks while outdoors will be mandatory for everyone in Bulgaria, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said

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