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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister extends anti-epidemic measures until April 12

March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued on March 26 an order extending the duration of all anti-epidemic measures until April

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet to inject up to 700M leva into state bank to help economy

March 25, 2020March 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Government decided on March 25 to increase the equity of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDR) by up to 700

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s crisis staff against Covid-19: ‘If the PM can follow recommendations, so can everyone’

March 25, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The air conditioning in Bulgaria’s Cabinet building is turned off and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is warming his office with

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Bulgaria 

Government proposes Brits who apply for Bulgarian passports by end-2020 need not renounce UK citizenship

March 25, 2020March 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The Bulgarian government is proposing amending the Citizenship Act so that UK citizens who apply for Bulgarian passports before the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to pay Easter bonuses to pensioners below poverty line

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government decided at a regular meeting on March 25 to pay Easter bonuses of 40 leva (about 20 euro)

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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry revises declaration document for intercity travel

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A new version of the declaration document that motorists in Bulgaria must show to prove that their intercity travel is

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s port of Varna bans crews of vessels from disembarking

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Varna

As of March 25, crews of ships being processed at the port of Varna are barred from disembarking from their

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport: Most flights cancelled on March 25

March 24, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

With the vast majority of flights at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport cancelled on March 25, all of five are scheduled to

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Covid-19: More than 290 000 masks confiscated from smuggler given to Bulgarian Red Cross

March 24, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency has given 294 000 surgical protective masks confiscated from a would-be smuggler to the Bulgarian Red Cross,

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