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Month: March 2020

Europe 

Covid-19: European Commission provides guidance on EU passenger rights

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In its efforts to mitigate the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Commission published on March 18 guidelines

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry provides buses to move UK tourists from quarantined Bansko

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry organised three buses to transport UK tourists from the resort town of Bansko, now under two-week quarantine

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: Assault on journalist most likely connected to his work

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Police are pursuing several lines of inquiry in connection with the severe assault of Bulgarian investigative journalist Slavi Angelov, but

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Clarity awaited on transport of tourists from quarantined Bansko

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Foreign tourists waiting to leave Bulgaria’s Bansko were awaiting clarity about arrangements on Wednesday morning, after a two-week quarantine was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ban on entries from 16 countries: The order in full

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Ministry of Health Minister of Health O R D E R No. RD-01-127/16 March 2020 Pursuant to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv cancels all weddings

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The crisis staff against coronavirus in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has cancelled all weddings in the municipality, local media reported

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Bulgaria 

UK embassy in Bulgaria working with Interior Ministry on British nationals in Bansko

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The British embassy in Sofia said on the morning of March 18 that it had been working overnight with the

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Kozloduy imposes curfew

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The mayor of Kozloduy, site of Bulgaria’s sole nuclear power station, has imposed a curfew in the municipality as one

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Bulgaria 

Masked men assault Bulgarian media Editor-in-Chief in central Sofia

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Two masked men assaulted Slavi Angelov, Editor-in-Chief of Bulgaria’s weekly 168 Chassa, outside the entrance of the building of his

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