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Bulgaria’s Education Minister: School year to finish via distance learning

May 5, 2020May 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s 2019/2020 school year will end via distance learning and will not be extended, Education Minister Krassimir Vulchev said on

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria to let State of Emergency lapse on May 13, keep anti-pandemic measures

May 4, 2020May 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet will not ask Parliament to extend the State of Emergency past May 13, but will largely keep the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgarian restaurateurs seek easing of rules for opening

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Owners of restaurants with outdoor spaces and gardens in Sofia and other cities are preparing to open their doors, but

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria, May 4: Death toll up, new benefits for unemployed

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll from Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by five in the past 24 hours to 78, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Medical Association announces bank details for donations for families of medics who die of Covid-19

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) announced on May 4 the details of the bank account for donations to help the

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research poll: 79% of firms in Bulgaria report losses because of Covid-19

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy-nine per cent of businesses, especially micro and small ones, surveyed in an Alpha Research poll reported direct or indirect

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Bulgaria 

Operational HQ: Bulgaria had a peak of Covid-19 between April 20 and 26

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria experienced a peak of the Covid-19 infection between April 20 and 26, the national operational headquarters said on May

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Perspectives 

Comment: Which way will airfares head?

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Mark Thomas new coronavirus, tourism

Whenever and if ever the world of travel restarts, things are most definitely not going to be as they were

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister’s new rules for visits to outdoor restaurants, bars and coffee shops

May 3, 2020May 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued on May 3 an order allowing people to visit outdoor gardens and terraces of

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