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Tsvetanov announces initiative committee of his Republicans for Bulgaria party

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, formerly the parliamentary leader of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, announced on September 20 the initiative

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 38 deaths in the past week

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

Thirty-eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past week, bringing the total to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4 new deaths, 4470 active cases

September 19, 2020September 20, 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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FDI in Bulgaria in January-July 2020 was 1.41B euro

September 18, 2020September 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2020 stood at 1.41 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector wants epidemic declaration extended to end-November

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector Associate Professor Angel Kunchev said on September 18 that he would recommend extending the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Border management: European Commission approves extra funding for Greece and Bulgaria

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The European Commission said that on September 18 it had made available an additional 23.8 million euro to Greece, under

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Bulgaria 

Avishai Cohen to star at Bulgaria’s 2020 Plovdiv Jazz Fest

September 18, 2020October 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Renowned bassist Avishai Cohen will close the 2020 Plovdiv Jazz Fest, being held in the Bulgarian city’s Boris Christoff House

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Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector: We make no forecasts about Covid-19

September 18, 2020September 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

None of the predictions about the development of the Covid-19 pandemic have come true so far, which is why for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues warning as Mediterranean hurricane Ianos hits Greece

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning against travel to parts of Greece being hit by the cyclone Ianos. The

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