Sofia Airport: 22% drop in charter flights in February compared with pre-pandemic figure
Only 88 flights operated from Sofia Airport to charter destinations in February 2023, the airport said in a media statement
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Bulgaria warns of planned UK Border Force strike
Given the strike announced by the UK Border Force for March 15 and 16, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry urged those planning
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Bulgarian Red Cross has sent aid worth close to 310 000 euro to earthquake-hit Türkiye and Syria
So far, the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) has provided material aid Türkiye and Syria from its disaster reserve to a
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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 12 deaths, 635 new cases
The deaths of 12 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past week, bringing
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Regular flights between Plovdiv and Tel Aviv to start
Regular flights between Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv start on March 23 2023, Plovdiv Airport
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Bulgaria marks 80th anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgaria Jews, deportations from ‘new lands’
Ceremonies were held in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on March 10, marking the 80th anniversary of the prevention of the deportation
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Bulgaria: Sofia city council votes to ask for Soviet Army Monument to be moved from city centre
Sofia city council voted on March 9 to instruct mayor Yordanka Fandukova to ask the state to move the Soviet
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Bulgaria moves to scrap education certificate requirement for driving licences for foreigners
Meeting on March 8, Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved proposed amendments to legislation, including scrapping the requirement for foreigners to submit
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Bulgaria says 7 EU countries back its call to scrap contract for Covid-19 vaccines
Bulgaria’s caretaker government voted unanimously on March 8 to call for the European Commission to terminate the contract with Pfizer-BioNTech
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