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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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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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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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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 6 new deaths, 4522 active cases

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

The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus has risen by six in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: About 500 pupils, 40 teachers in quarantine

September 20, 2020September 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Five days after schools opened across Bulgaria, about 500 pupils and 40 teachers are in quarantine, Deputy Education Minister Tanya

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