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Covid-19: Bulgarian MPs accept President’s veto on State of Emergency measures bill

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on March 23 to accept the veto imposed by President Roumen Radev on the State of Emergency

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor’s Office: Most quarantine-breakers are Bulgarians who have returned from abroad

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Most of the violations of quarantine in Bulgaria are by citizens who, after returning to the country, are forbidden to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgarian government bans export of disinfectants

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s government has banned the export of protective equipment as well as disinfectants and their derivatives, without an export permit

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Number of registered unemployed rising – Bulgaria’s Labour Minister

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of people in Bulgaria registered as unemployed is increasing, with 1300 having registered on Friday alone, the country’s

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Crisis staff chief: Bulgaria at the bottom of the climb to peak of Covid-19

March 22, 2020March 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is still at the bottom of the climb to the peak of Covid-19, and when the climb would begin

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Covid-19: Bulgarian PM scathing over President’s veto of Emergency Measures Bill

March 22, 2020March 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

March 22 brought the end of the political truce between Bulgarian President Roumen Radev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov for

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgarian President vetoes State of Emergency measures bill

March 22, 2020March 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on March 22 that he was vetoing some provisions of the State of Emergency measures

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Bulgaria to set up medical council to assist crisis staff against Covid-19

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A medical council is to be set up in Bulgaria to work with the national crisis staff against Covid-19, it

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM expresses solidarity with Croatia after strong earthquakes hit Zagreb

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expressed his solidarity with the Croatian people after two powerful earthquakes struck Zagreb on the

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