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Covid-19 crisis: Most hotels in Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach to shut ahead of schedule

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Most hotels in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea resort, Sunny Beach, will shut by September 10, according to a report by

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Special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament to hear PM fails over lack of quorum

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A special sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly that had been scheduled for August 13 to hear Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases fall below 5000-mark, 11 new deaths, 834 in hospital

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has decreased by 165 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv makes mask-wearing compulsory at open-air football matches, concerts

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

The Plovdiv regional crisis staff against new coronavirus has decided to make wearing protective masks compulsory at open-air events such

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests: Tent camps remain, obstruction on motorway

August 12, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The 35th day of protests in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government and the Prosecutor-General saw three tent camps

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Bulgarians leave parental home on average at age 30 – Eurostat

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians leave their parental homes at an average age of 30, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on August 12,

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Bulgaria 

Employees on labour contract in Bulgaria fell close to 5% in June 2020 y/y – NSI

August 12, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of employees on labour contract in Bulgaria was 4.7 per cent lower in June 2020 than in June

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Bulgaria’s H1 2020 exports drop by 8% y/y, imports down by 11.7%

August 12, 2020August 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s exports in June 2020 added up to 4.31 billion leva, a decrease of 7.2 per cent compared with June

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Covid-19: ‘Encouraging trend’ in Bulgaria, Chief State Health Inspector says

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There is an encouraging trend in Bulgaria regarding Covid-19 and a decrease in the rate of the number of people

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