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Graphs show trends in Bulgaria in deaths, unemployment and visitor numbers in 2020

June 2, 2020June 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A trend of deaths in Bulgaria being significantly lower in the first 21 weeks of 2020 than by the same

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Bulgaria says Covid-19 epidemic is subsiding

June 2, 2020June 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Covid-19 epidemic in Bulgaria is subsiding and the number of new cases is decreasing in relative terms, Professor Todor

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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices, leaves central heating unchanged

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has approved a 9.04 per cent decrease in gas prices for end-users starting

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Bulgaria’s deputy environment minister, facing criminal charges, dismissed

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has fired Deputy Environment Minister Krassimir Zhivkov, the government press service said on June 1,

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Bulgarian leaders join tributes to late artist Christo

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian leaders are among those who have joined in paying tribute to late Bulgarian-born artist Christo, who died on May

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Bulgaria 

Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 2020 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Across Bulgaria, sirens will sound for two minutes at noon on June 2 2020 in an annual custom honouring the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases drop to 1289

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of the morning of June 1, there are 1289 active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria, down from the 1441

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For third month, Bulgaria’s road deaths lower than in 2019

June 1, 2020June 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The road death toll in Bulgaria from January 1 to May 31 2020 was 42 lower than in the first

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Bulgarian-born artist Christo dead at 84

June 1, 2020June 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, known as Christo, died of natural causes on May 31 2020 at the age of 84,

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