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Two masked men assaulted Slavi Angelov, Editor-in-Chief of Bulgaria’s weekly 168 Chassa, outside the entrance of the building of his central Sofia apartment on the evening of March 17. While […]
The European Council has agreed to a temporary restriction of non-essential travel to the EU for a period of 30 days, based on the approach proposed b ...
The Bulgarian mountain resort of Bansko has been placed under strict quarantine, the chief of the country’s national crisis staff against Covid- ...
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria has reached 81, crisis staff chief Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski told a news conferen ...
Bulgarian Parliament’s legal committee approved at first reading on March 17 a bill on the State of Emergency measures to limit the spread and overcome the consequences of the Covid-19 […]
Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said on March 17 that she had banned group tourist excursions, within Bulgaria and to and from the country, until April 13. Addressing a briefing […]
A total of 26 departing flights and 28 arriving flights that had been scheduled for Sofia Airport on March 18 have been cancelled, according to the airport’s website. Sofia Airport […]
The Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association said on March 17 that fuel stations would close toilets to the public, have stepped up disinfection and social distancing and are keeping staff […]
The Bulgarian Society of Opthalmology has launched a fundraising campaign to help doctors, medical professionals, volunteers, as well as their families, who are in the frontline of the fight against […]
The European Commission said on March 17 that it had offered up to 80 million euro of financial support to CureVac, a highly innovative vaccine developer from Tübingen, Germany, to […]
