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Covid-19 in Bulgaria, Roundup April 13: 32 deaths, mask-wearing taken to court

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Monday April 13 marked the end of the first month of the State of Emergency in Bulgaria against the spread

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Video: Coping with crisis – Creativity conquers challenges

April 13, 2020April 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Covid-19 crisis came on seemingly suddenly, leaving businesses challenged to pivot in response and looking to transform and adapt.

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s nationalist leader Siderov investigated for breaking emergency regulations

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, new coronavirus, Volen Siderov

The Sofia District Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an investigation into ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader and Sofia city councillor Volen Siderov

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency foils bid to smuggle 148 000 protective masks

April 13, 2020April 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian customs officers have foiled a bid to smuggle 148 000 undeclared protective masks, the Customs Agency said on April

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290 fined in Bulgaria’s Sofia this past weekend for breaching emergency regulations

April 13, 2020April 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

More than 500 people have been fined in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia in the first month of the State of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 12 – From shared spoons to the euro zone

April 12, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, new coronavirus

April 12 saw the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rise by six to a total of 675,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 58-year-old is 29th to die

April 12, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A 58-year-old man who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in hospital in the southern Bulgarian town of Haskovo on

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister restricts fruit and veg and flower markets

April 12, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has issued an order restricting the country’s fruit and vegetable and flower markets from April

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: ‘Mass testing’ to start in Bulgaria’s Bansko resort on April 12

April 11, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Testing of a large number of residents of Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko for new coronavirus is to begin on

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