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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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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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Bulgaria 

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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Bulgaria 

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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Bulgaria 

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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