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Covid-19: No queue at Kulata-Promachonas as Greece steps up testing – updated

July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry denied on July 9 reports in Bulgarian media earlier in the day that all holidaymakers crossing the

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Bulgaria 

Mathematics professor: Potentially, about 50 000 people in Bulgaria infected with new coronavirus

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

Potentially, there are about 50 000 people in Bulgaria infected with new coronavirus, mathematics Professor Nikolai Vitanov said in a

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors arrest two Bulgarian presidential aides

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Prosecutors have arrested two aides to President Roumen Radev, it was announced on July 9. One is Iliya Milushev, presidential

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Record 240 new cases, five more deaths

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

Yet another new record was set on July 9 as the national information system reported 240 newly-confirmed cases in the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: As cases in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv rise, mayor says will limit mass events

July 8, 2020July 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Limitations will be imposed on mass public events in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv, the municipality confirmed to local media on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM on Covid-19: Hard times are ahead

July 8, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Hard times are ahead, given the situation with the spread of the coronavirus in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 69% of Bulgarians believe better discipline would strengthen fight against Covid-19

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty-nine per cent of Bulgarians believe that better discipline in society was most important to contain the spread of Covid-19,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Air adds additional flights to Amsterdam, Athens, Zurich, Berlin, Frankfurt

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Flag carrier Bulgaria Air is continuing to restore its flight schedule, and in July and August is adding new additional

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Bulgaria 

IHRA condemns rehabilitation of historical figures complicit in Holocaust and genocide of the Roma

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Sending a strong message on the importance of truthful remembrance and research, the Berlin Plenary of the International Holocaust Remembrance

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