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Bulgarian Jewish leader sues website for defamation

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The president of the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, Associate Professor Alexander Oscar, is lodging court action for

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Italy destinations among cancelled flights at Sofia Airport

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

Flights from Sofia Airport to several Italian cities were cancelled on March 10-11 as Italy put in place emergency measures

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Number of cases in Bulgaria unchanged, hundreds in quarantine

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

All recently-completed tests for Covid-19 have turned out negative, Bulgaria’s national crisis staff against coronavirus told a regular briefing at

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Bulgaria 

1943 rescue of Bulgarian Jews, deportations from ‘new lands’ commemorated in Sofia

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

At an annual ceremony in Sofia on March 10, tribute was paid to those who in 1943 rescued the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria losing tens of millions of leva daily because of coronavirus

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is losing tens of millions of leva every day because of Covid-19 new coronavirus as consumption drops, and with

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Bulgaria’s Crisis Staff March 9 evening update: No new cases of coronavirus

March 9, 2020March 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

No new cases of Covid-19 new coronavirus in Bulgaria have been confirmed by laboratory tests, the national crisis staff said

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Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Sofia International Film Festival postponed

March 9, 2020March 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The list of cultural events in Bulgaria postponed because of cases of Covid-19 new coronavirus continues to grow. Among the

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament bans foreign trips by MPs

March 9, 2020March 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Taxpayers in Bulgaria who have been footing the bill may learn with a soupçon of Schadenfreude that in response to

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Coronavirus: No new cases in Bulgaria, two firms to make protective clothing

March 9, 2020March 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There are no new confirmed cases of Covid-19 new coronavirus in Bulgaria, the head of the country’s crisis staff against

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