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Day: March 9, 2022

Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria updates list of red zone foreign countries, scraps dark red zone category

March 9, 2022March 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria has updated its list of countries it deems to be Covid-19 red zones, and has abolished its previously-announced category

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government forms crisis HQ on Russia’s war on Ukraine

March 9, 2022March 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s government has formed a Cabinet crisis headquarters to manage the crisis related to the war in Ukraine, Deputy Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria scraps green certificate requirement for admission to public places

March 9, 2022March 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of March 10, visitors to public places in Bulgaria – such as restaurants – are no longer required to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government to spend 1.1BN leva on wheat, sunflower and corn for State Reserve

March 9, 2022March 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Cabinet authorised on March 9 the Agriculture Ministry to spend 1.1 billion leva (about 562 million euro) on buying

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Europe 

EU toughens sanctions on Russia, Belarus

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union countries agreed on March 9 to toughen sanctions on Russia and Belarus, adding 160 individuals and announcing financial

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Bulgaria 

European Commission launches webpage for people fleeing the war in Ukraine

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission said that it had on March 8 launched a webpage containing information for people fleeing the war

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Europe 

EU cohesion funding to support people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE) allowing EU countries and regions to provide

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Blagoevgrad district becomes Covid-19 green zone

March 9, 2022March 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s district of Blagoevgrad has been reclassified as a Covid-19 green zone, after the morbidity rate dropped below 100 out

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 41 deaths, 2180 new cases

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Forty-one people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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