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Arrests over masked attack on Bulgarian Editor-in-Chief

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Arrests were made in a special operation in central Sofia on April 23, with one of the cases under investigation

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Bulgaria 

Professor Kantardzhiev: Bulgaria will reach Covid-19 peak in next few days

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria will reach the peak of its Covid-19 cases in the next few days, Professor Todor Kantardzhiev, director of the

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Bulgaria 

ECB and Bulgarian National Bank set up swop line to provide euro liquidity

April 22, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the central Bulgarian National Bank have agreed to set up a precautionary currency agreement

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup April 22: Government VAT-exempts essential medicines, PPE

April 22, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Medicines, medical devices and personal protective equipment essential to the fight against Covid-19 will be exempted from import duties and

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Bulgaria 

Major Bulgarian fundraising campaigns for fight against Covid-19 raise more than 1.1M leva

April 22, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Three major fundraising campaigns in Bulgaria for initiatives to aid in the fight against Covid-19 have together raised more than

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Bulgaria 

Suspended prison sentence for Bulgarian who violated quarantine

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A court in the Bulgarian town of Turgovishte has sentenced a 38-year-old man to a year in prison, suspended for

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria pass 1000 mark, 47 dead

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has reached 1015, counting 47 people who have died and 174

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup, April 21: Cases rise to 975

April 21, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covi1-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 46 in the past 24 hours to 975,

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Bulgaria 

Special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament to hear PM on Covid-19 flops for lack of quorum

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A special sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly that had been scheduled for April 21 to hear Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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