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The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 24 in the past 24 hours to 2235, of which 1513 are active cases, the national operational headquarters […]
Police in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv checked 95 establishments – restaurants, bars, coffee shops and fast food outlets – in a two-day special operation, fining 11 of them for not […]
Three people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 108, according to figures released on May 17 […]
Large-scale testing for coronavirus has begun in old age homes in Bulgaria, Professor Todor Kantardzhiev, head of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and a member of the operational headquarters […]
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has announced the rules for the re-opening of shopping malls and gyms, to be allowed as of May 18. Shopping malls were closed in March […]
Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.3 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2020, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a flash estimate on May 15. In real terms, gross […]
A statement by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that shopping malls would re-open on May 18 was the latest in a rapid succession of easing of restrictions against the spread […]
Unemployment in Bulgaria rose from 201 000 at the start of Bulgaria’s State of Emergency on March 13 to 300 776 to date, Labour and Social Policy Minister Denitsa Sacheva […]
The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 is 102, while there are a total of 1491 active cases, the national operational headquarters said on […]
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on March 14 that it has formally opened a case after President Roumen Radev tabled a challenge to the Health Act amendments passed by Parliament earlier […]
