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Bulgaria’s consumer watchdog outlines rights regarding cancelling trips because of coronavirus

February 26, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission has posted on its website an explanation of the rights of consumers cancelling trips because of

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Bulgaria 

Rumours prompt Bulgarians to exchange leva for euro on large scale – report

February 26, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Rumours of a change to the exchange rate between the lev and the euro have resulted in Bulgarians massively changing

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Bulgaria cancels indoor military events on national day as step against coronavirus

February 25, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Indoor military events planned for March 3, Bulgaria’s national day, have been cancelled and the National Military History Museum will

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Lukov’s legionnaires advocated ‘combating the destroyers of the Bulgarian nation-state – Jewry’

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

On the backfoot since the successful supreme court ruling banning the February 2020 Lukov March, supporters of the Bulgarian general

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New coronavirus: Bulgaria to install thermal cameras at land borders, sea ports

February 25, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

By the end of the week, thermal cameras similar to those already in use at Bulgaria’s airports will be installed

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Bulgarian government forms crisis staff against coronavirus

February 24, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s government has formed a crisis staff to deal with the threat from new coronavirus, it emerged at a February

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Bulgarian prosecutors to probe Spanish media allegations against PM Borissov

February 24, 2020February 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office has decided on its own initiative to investigate the allegations against Prime Minister Boiko Borissov made in

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Two company officials charged over cyanide pollution of two rivers in southern Bulgaria

February 24, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Assenovgrad has laid criminal charges against two company officials, alleging that they allowed cyanide pollution

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Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns on China, Italy travel

February 24, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has raised the risk index on travel to China to the highest level because of the new

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