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New record rise in confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria

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

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has increased by 51 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to

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Eurostat: Bulgaria had strongest growth in employment in EU in 2019

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

Growth in the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in Bulgaria was the strongest in the European Union

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RSF: Bulgaria again lowest in EU in media freedom ranking

April 21, 2020April 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Reporters Without Borders, RSF, has again ranked Bulgaria lowest in the European Union in its 2019 media freedom ranking, released

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister changes rules for entering and leaving Sofia

April 21, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued on April 21 an amendment to his order regarding the ban on private car

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Bulgarian officials: No radiation danger from fire near Chernobyl

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

Bulgaria’s top fire safety and health officials have rejected as unfounded rumours on social networks of a danger to the

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Israeli embassy, Bulgarian Jews hold online Yom HaShoah Holocaust commemoration

April 20, 2020April 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The embassy of the State of Israel and the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” joined in marking Yom

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup April 20: 929 cases, partial re-opening of routine medical services

April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 35 in the past 24 hours to 929,

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Video: Online shopping, and Bulgaria’s fines for travelling when it’s not fine

April 20, 2020April 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Lance Nelson of appfactory.bg and banskoblog.com and The Sofia Globe’s publisher Clive Leviev-Sawyer take a look at trends in online

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Bulgaria had lowest percentage of online shopping in EU in 2019 – Eurostat

April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-two per cent of Bulgarians shopped online in 2019, the lowest percentage among European Union member states, EU statistics agency

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