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Coronavirus: 22 departures, 22 arriving flights cancelled at Sofia Airport on March 17

March 16, 2020March 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 22 departing flights and 22 arriving flights that had been scheduled for Sofia Airport on March 17

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgarian railways suspends international trains from March 17

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, new coronavirus

As of March 17, the movement of all international trains through the border crossings of Bulgaria will be stopped because

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria begins large-scale checks against speculation in essentials

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Massive checks are underway in Bulgaria against speculation in prices of essential goods, medicines and protective equipment, a briefing on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.7% inflation in February

March 16, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.7 per cent inflation in February, down from 4.2 per cent in January,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Border Police foil bid to smuggle 250 000 medical masks out of country

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian Border Police found 250 000 surgical masks during an inspection of a Turkish-registerd lorry at Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Pamporovo and Borovets closing ski areas as of March 17

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The ski areas of Bulgaria’s Pamporovo and Borovets are to be closed as of March 17 as a step against

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Ski area in Bulgaria’s Bansko closed

March 16, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

By order of Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office and by the decision of the crisis staff in the resort town, the ski

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Bulgaria 

Foreign medical student in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv held after spreading fake Covid-19 claim

March 16, 2020March 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

A foreign student, reported to be a UK citizen, has been arrested for spreading a false allegation that more than

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s crisis staff: Newest Covid-19 case is nine-year-old Brit who had been in Bansko

March 16, 2020March 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A nine-year-old British child who had been on a skiing holiday in Bansko has become the 52nd confirmed case of

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