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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 5177 active cases, 849 in hospital, two more deaths

August 10, 2020August 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has decreased by three to a total of 5177, according to

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Bulgarian Jews slam ultra-nationalist Deputy PM over ‘Soros’ comment

August 9, 2020August 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has expressed its deep concern about a statement by Bulgarian Deputy Prime

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Bulgarian PM, facing anti-government protests, says ‘time for a decision’

August 9, 2020August 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, facing more than a month of protests demanding the resignation of his government, posted on

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Covid-19: Italy again extends quarantine requirement for arrivals from Bulgaria, Romania

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Italy has for a second time extended the requirement that arrivals from Bulgaria or Romania must spend 14 days in

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Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister in urgent talks with German tour operators over Berlin’s travel warning

August 9, 2020August 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova held urgent talks on August 9 with representatives of German tour operators in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria’s anti-government protests: Tent camps remain, bid to block border checkpoint

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

In spite of police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia having said that they would clear away tent camps set up

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 5180 active cases, 848 in hospital, 3 more deaths

August 9, 2020August 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 35 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgarian police say they will again remove anti-government protesters’ tent camps

August 8, 2020August 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia said on August 8 that they would again remove the tent camps set up

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Clear night skies forecast for 2020 Perseids meteor shower peak over Bulgaria

August 8, 2020August 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

With a few days left to the peak of the 2020 Perseids meteor shower, the good news is that weather

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