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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases rise to 1478, three new deaths

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 23 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria lifts quarantine requirements for arrivals from nine European states

June 17, 2020June 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Schengen

In an announcement late at night on June 17, Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev said that as of the following

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Illegal to demand PCR test as condition for admission to hospital

June 17, 2020June 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has told all regional health inspectorates to immediately notify the hospitals in their areas that

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Bulgaria 

41-year-old Bulgarian who went to campsite while ill with Covid-19 dies

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A 41-year-old man who went from Sofia to the Kite Camping Gradina campsite at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast and who

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-April 2020 was 154.7M euro

June 17, 2020June 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first four months of the year stood at 154.7 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Large-scale thefts of industrial machinery: Nine arrests in Italy and Bulgaria

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Judicial authorities and police in Italy and Bulgaria have arrested nine members of an organised criminal group which committed large-scale

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Bulgaria 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in May 2020 dropped 69% y/y

June 17, 2020June 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in May 2020 was 69 per cent lower than in May

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Bulgaria 

Third day of large queues at Bulgarian – Greek border

June 17, 2020June 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

On the third day after Greece re-opened its border to Bulgarian citizens without requiring mandatory quarantine, large queues formed at

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: active cases rise to 1455, five new deaths

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 74 in the past 24 hours to a

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