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Forex bureaux in Bulgaria not accepting roubles, hryvni – report

March 10, 2022March 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The trade in Russian roubles and Ukrainian hryvni at foreign exchange bureaux in Bulgaria has dropped to zero, Bulgarian National

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79th anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Nazi death camps marked

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria marked on March 10 the 79th anniversary of the prevention of the deportation of the Bulgarian Jews to the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 31 deaths, 1920 new cases

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

Thirty-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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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’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 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’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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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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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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