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Eurobarometer poll: For Bulgarians, economic situation bigger issue than health

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For Bulgarians, the top two issues facing the country are the economic situation and rising prices, with health in third

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Sofia municipality says it is stepping up checks of nightclubs and discos

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Combined police and municipal inspectorate teams are starting intensified inspections of nightclubs and discos in Bulgaria’s capital city to check

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgarian MP expelled from sitting for refusal to wear mask

October 23, 2020October 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A member of Parliament for the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, Rossen Malinov, was expelled from the October 23 sitting of

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Business 

Imports of laptops into Bulgaria rose 25% in January-July 2020 y/y

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Imports of laptops into Bulgaria were 25 per cent higher in January to July 2020 than in January to July

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 16 new deaths, 1595 new cases, 16 033 active

October 23, 2020October 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixteen people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria reduces quarantine period for contact persons to 10 days

October 22, 2020October 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kostadin Angelov issued a new order on October 22, which reduced the length of the quarantine period

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria puts half-capacity limit on restaurants, bars and discos

October 22, 2020October 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From midnight on October 22, a new rule to limit the spread of Covid-19 in Bulgaria will come into effect,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Medics are exhausted, Health Minister warns

October 22, 2020October 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The biggest problem in Bulgaria’s Covid-19 situation is the medics on the front line as “most of them are infected,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Germany adds Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, two other districts, to list of risk areas

October 22, 2020October 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and the districts of Razgrad and Sliven have been added to Germany’s Robert Koch Institute’s list

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