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Day: March 24, 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport: Most flights cancelled on March 25

March 24, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

With the vast majority of flights at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport cancelled on March 25, all of five are scheduled to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: More than 290 000 masks confiscated from smuggler given to Bulgarian Red Cross

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

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency has given 294 000 surgical protective masks confiscated from a would-be smuggler to the Bulgarian Red Cross,

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Bulgaria 

Clocks in Bulgaria change to summer daylight saving time at 3am on March 29 2020

March 24, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 29 2020 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Bulgaria 

Crisis staff: 218 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Bulgaria, including an entire family

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

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria is now 218, crisis staff chief Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski told a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria welcomes EU ministers’ green light for accession talks with N Macedonia, Albania

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Macedonia

Bulgaria welcomes the decision on March 24 by European Union foreign ministers to give the green light for starting the

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Bulgaria 

That’s the spirit: Bulgaria’s Customs Agency provides ethyl alcohol for disinfection to fight Covid-19

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

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency is providing more than 158 000 litres of ethyl alcohol to the Chief Directorate for Fire Safety

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Wizz Air suspends all flights to and from Bulgaria’s Varna until May 1

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism, Varna

Wizz Air is suspending all of its flights to and from Bulgaria’s Varna from March 25 until May 1 2020.

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Intervals between metro trains at rush hour in Bulgaria’s Sofia cut

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From March 25, the number of metro underground railway trains in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is to be stepped up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Labour Ministry: Increase in registered unemployed in a month was 0.3%

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Between February 20 and March 20, the number of people to have registered as unemployed rose by 0.3 per cent,

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