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Bulgaria’s PM says considering allowing restaurants to fully open as of June 1

May 19, 2020May 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s government is considering allowing restaurants to fully re-open as of June 1, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May

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Europe 

Covid-19: EC boosts urgently-needed research and innovation with further 122M euro

May 19, 2020May 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on May 19 that it has mobilised a further 122 million euro from its research and

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Bulgaria 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria fell close to 73% in April 2020 y/y

May 19, 2020May 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There were a total of 824 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in April 2020, down from 3008 in April

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Bulgaria 

Millennium Media re-opens production at Bulgaria’s Nu Boyana film studios

May 19, 2020May 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Millennium Media says that film production is to resume at Nu Boyana Studios in Bulgaria’ capital city Sofia, listing numerous

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria re-opens kindergartens, but urges parents not to send their children

May 19, 2020May 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Kindergartens and nurseries in Bulgaria will re-open on May 22, but the country’s Education Minister is appealing to parents not

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.8% inflation in April

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.8 per cent inflation in April, the lowest since January 2018 and down

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, May 18: Gyms among latest to demand state aid

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As shopping malls and gyms in Bulgaria were allowed to re-open on May 18, after months of being closed to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 1513 active cases, death toll 110

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 24 in the past 24 hours to 2235,

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Bulgaria 

Police fine 11 restaurants, coffee shops in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv for breaking anti-epidemic rules

May 17, 2020May 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Police in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv checked 95 establishments – restaurants, bars, coffee shops and fast food outlets – in

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