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For all trips to Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Romania, refunds may be requested, Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said
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There were nine cancelled flights at Sofia Airport that had been scheduled to depart on March 14, including neighbouring Romania
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Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said on March 13 that it was suspending all matches in the two divisions of its
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In spite of repeated calls by Bulgaria’s leaders for the public not to indulge in panic-buying, Parliament’s March 13 vote
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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued a call on March 13 for the country’s citizens not to travel abroad unless absolutely necessary.
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Sofia municipality is taking new measures, co-ordinated with the national crisis staff against Covid-19 and the Ministry of Health, mayor
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For the first time in Bulgaria’s modern history, a State of Emergency has been voted into effect. The vote was
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Bulgaria’s National Assembly has voted a State of Emergency, proposed by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government, to be in effect
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Where schools are not closed because of the “flu vacation”, on March 13 pupils need not attend school, at the
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