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Covid-19: Bulgaria allocates about 250M leva on healthcare spending

July 28, 2020July 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said on July 28 that the Budget spending on healthcare was being increased by about

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Covid-19: Cyprus amends rules for entry by Bulgarian citizens

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of August 1, Bulgarian citizens will be allowed to enter Cyprus only if they have a permanent residence permit

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New polls show Covid-19 impact on business, hospitality industry in Bulgaria

July 28, 2020July 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The latest in a series of special polls by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) on the impact of the Covid-19

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases drop to 4689, death toll rises to 347

July 28, 2020July 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has decreased by 43 in the past day to a total

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Covid-19: Bulgaria changes entry rules for arrivals from several countries

July 27, 2020July 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

From July 28, citizens of North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova, Israel and Kuwait may enter

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgarian PM says Cabinet adds 1.9B leva to stimulus funding, to extend epidemic declaration

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 27 that the Cabinet has approved nearly 1.9 billion leva, or about

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria asks Greece to open more border checkpoints

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Visiting Athens on July 27, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva raised the issue of the faster re-opening of as many

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4732 active cases, two more deaths

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 64 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Austria tightens rules on PCR tests for arrivals from Bulgaria

July 26, 2020July 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of July 27, all Bulgarian citizens traveling from Bulgaria to Austria, as well as European Union citizens arriving from

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