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Sofia emergency medical service staff with Covid-19 may have visited 600 addresses – report

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven Sofia emergency medical service staff who had tested positive for Covid-19 may have responded to calls from up to

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport: passenger numbers in March 2020 halved

April 6, 2020April 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

The number of passengers passing through Sofia Airport in March 2020 was close to 53 per cent less than in

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Bulgaria 

Brewers union: 20% of beer market in Bulgaria lost because of closure of catering establishments

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty per cent of the beer market in Bulgaria has been lost because of the closure of catering establishments –

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Bulgaria 

Stepping out for a cigarette costs man in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv 5000 leva

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Smoking a cigarette on the banks of the Maritsa River has cost a man a fine of 5000 leva (about

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Bulgaria 

Operational HQ: To date, 20 people in Bulgaria with Covid-19 have died

April 5, 2020April 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 has risen to 20, the operational headquarters

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Bulgaria 

Opera, orchestras and museums online, from Bulgaria and abroad – the details

April 5, 2020April 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture has compiled a list of cultural events, including opera, theatre and classical music performances, as well

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Labour Minister: 40 000 registered as unemployed since Covid-19 crisis began

April 5, 2020April 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

About 40 000 people have registered as unemployed since the start of the coronavirus crisis, Bulgaria’s Labour and Social Policy

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Video: Troubled times for Bulgaria’s tourism – home thoughts from home

April 4, 2020April 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Manager of Banskoblog and appfactory.bg Lance Nelson got together with The Sofia Globe’s publisher and editor-in-chief Clive Leviev-Sawyer for a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Two die at St Anna Hospital – Bulgaria’s Health Ministry

April 4, 2020April 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Two patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 died at St Anna Hospital on Saturday, Bulgaria’s Health Ministry said on

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