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Coronavirus: Fast food chains may only do home deliveries – Bulgarian PM

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Fast food chains in Bulgaria may only do home deliveries, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told a March 14 briefing

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Bulgaria 

Russia’s Aeroflot suspends flights connecting Moscow to Bourgas in Bulgaria

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Russia

Russian airline Aeroflot is temporarily suspending flights connecting Moscow with Bourgas on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea with effect from March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Minister amends emergency regulations against Covid-19

March 14, 2020May 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Acting on recommendations from the national crisis staff against Covid-19 new coronavirus, Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has amended the

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Second death in Bulgaria

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A 74-year-old man has died of coronavirus at Sofia’s Pirogov emergency hospital, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health said on March 14.

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport admitting only passengers

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

Because of the State of Emergency declared in Bulgaria to contain the spread of Covid-19 new coronavirus, only passengers are

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria arrests four for breaking quarantine, police close nightclubs defying ban

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four lorry drivers have been arrested and taken to their houses in Slivnitsa for breaking quarantine, Bulgaria’s national crisis staff

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Banks, supermarkets, pharmacies in malls remain open

March 13, 2020March 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Banks, supermarkets and pharmacies in shopping malls will remain open, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at a meeting of

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria orders shutdown of kindergartens, shops and restaurants until March 29

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

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry said on March 13 that it was ordering a shutdown of kindergartens and schools, as well as

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Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister: There is enough wheat, maize for two years

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

As Bulgarians joined the global trend for panic-buying in the face of the Covid-19 new coronavirus, Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva

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