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Bulgaria lowers VAT on restaurant sales, catering services, books and baby food

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

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on June 10 the second reading of amendments to the Value-Added Tax Act, reducing the tax

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Poll: Covid-19 sends Bulgaria’s consumer confidence plummeting

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

The State of Emergency in Bulgaria because of Covid-19 sent consumer confidence plummeting, according to a three-month poll by the

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Bulgaria extends Covid-19 epidemic declaration to end of June

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

The Covid-19 epidemic declaration, which had been due to expire on June 14, will be extended to the end of

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Bulgarian economy to shrink by 6.2% in 2020 – World Bank forecast

June 9, 2020June 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, World Bank

Bulgaria’s economy was set to contract by 6.2 per cent in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic,

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Bulgarian Book Association poll: Sales fell 50 – 70% in March – May y/y

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Book sales in Bulgaria in March to May 2020 were between 50 per cent and 70 per cent lower than

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Cyprus re-opens airports to Bulgaria flights

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Cyprus re-opened its airports to flights to and from 19 countries including Bulgaria on June 9, the Foreign Ministry in

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector wants epidemic declaration extended

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

Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said on June 9 that he would ask the government to extend the

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Bulgaria’s retail trade turnover in April 2020 down close to 20% y/y

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

Bulgaria’s retail trade turnover dropped 19.9 per cent in April 2020 compared with the same month of 2019, the National

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Bulgaria’s deputy agriculture minister tests positive for Covid-19

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

One of Bulgaria’s deputy agriculture ministers has tested positive for Covid-19, Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva confirmed in a television interview

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