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Mayor of Bulgaria’s capital city: 10 parks partially open as of April 27

April 26, 2020April 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of April 27, ten of the largest parks in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia will be open for use by

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria, roundup April 25: Parks still closed, for now

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Parks and gardens remain closed to the public, Sofia municipality said on April 25. On Sunday, the municipality is holding

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Video: One direction in the park? And other questions

April 25, 2020April 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Lance Nelson of appfactory.bg and banskoblog.com and The Sofia Globe’s publisher Clive Leviev-Sawyer on the topic of going to the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 10 000 fined for not wearing masks in public

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

About 15 000 fines have been issued in Bulgaria for violating anti-epidemic measures, around 10 000 of them for failing

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: ‘Training exercise’ regarding partially opening parks in Sofia on April 26

April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

There will be an “experiment” regarding opening public parks in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on Sunday, operational headquarters chief Major-General

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Bulgaria 

Fitch affirms Bulgaria credit rating at ‘BBB’, sees GDP shrink by 5.1% in 2020

April 25, 2020August 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB’, but downgraded the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 24 – rise in cases, queues of cars

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased in the past 24 hours by 91 to a

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister extends order on wearing masks in public places

April 24, 2020April 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on April 24 extending until May 13 the compulsory wearing of masks

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EC approves 150M euro Bulgarian scheme to support SMEs affected by coronavirus outbreak

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said that it has approved a 150 million euro (about 294 million leva) Bulgarian scheme to support

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