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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Unlikely State of Emergency will be lifted before May 13, PM says

April 26, 2020April 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on April 26 that it was unlikely that the State of Emergency would be

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Mayor of Bulgaria’s capital city: 10 parks partially open as of April 27

April 26, 2020April 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of April 27, ten of the largest parks in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia will be open for use by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, April 1986: The Chernobyl cover-up

April 26, 2020April 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

She remembers standing at the window in the upper floor of her Plovdiv home, that rainy Easter of 1986, watching

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup April 25: Parks still closed, for now

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Parks and gardens remain closed to the public, Sofia municipality said on April 25. On Sunday, the municipality is holding

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Video: One direction in the park? And other questions

April 25, 2020April 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Lance Nelson of appfactory.bg and banskoblog.com and The Sofia Globe’s publisher Clive Leviev-Sawyer on the topic of going to the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 10 000 fined for not wearing masks in public

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

About 15 000 fines have been issued in Bulgaria for violating anti-epidemic measures, around 10 000 of them for failing

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: ‘Training exercise’ regarding partially opening parks in Sofia on April 26

April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There will be an “experiment” regarding opening public parks in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on Sunday, operational headquarters chief Major-General

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Bulgaria 

Fitch affirms Bulgaria credit rating at ‘BBB’, sees GDP shrink by 5.1% in 2020

April 25, 2020August 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB’, but downgraded the

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Bulgaria 

Online shopping in Bulgaria part 1: Craft beer

April 24, 2020April 28, 2020 Lance Nelson

Beer and wine: both are my favourite things to orders online. And I think many other people are starting to

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