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Bulgaria’s ban on entries from 16 countries: The order in full

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

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Ministry of Health Minister of Health O R D E R No. RD-01-127/16 March 2020 Pursuant to

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Plovdiv cancels all weddings

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

The crisis staff against coronavirus in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has cancelled all weddings in the municipality, local media reported

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Bulgaria 

UK embassy in Bulgaria working with Interior Ministry on British nationals in Bansko

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The British embassy in Sofia said on the morning of March 18 that it had been working overnight with the

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Kozloduy imposes curfew

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

The mayor of Kozloduy, site of Bulgaria’s sole nuclear power station, has imposed a curfew in the municipality as one

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Bulgaria 

Masked men assault Bulgarian media Editor-in-Chief in central Sofia

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Two masked men assaulted Slavi Angelov, Editor-in-Chief of Bulgaria’s weekly 168 Chassa, outside the entrance of the building of his

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Bansko ski resort placed under quarantine

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The Bulgarian mountain resort of Bansko has been placed under strict quarantine, the chief of the country’s national crisis staff

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Bulgaria 

Crisis staff: Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria now number 81

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria has reached 81, crisis staff chief Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski told a

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bill on State of Emergency measures in Bulgaria tabled

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian Parliament’s legal committee approved at first reading on March 17 a bill on the State of Emergency measures to

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister bans tourist excursions

March 17, 2020March 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said on March 17 that she had banned group tourist excursions, within Bulgaria and to

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