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Eight hundred cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria, the national operational headquarters said in a 5pm update on April 16, the eve of the country’s four-day public holiday […]
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is currently the city most affected by Covid-19, with 60 per cent of the country’s confirmed cases and 13 621 people in quarantine, mayor Yordanka Fandukova told […]
Bulgarian courts have been handing down huge fines to people violating mandatory quarantine orders. The Prosecutor’s Office said on April 16 that a court in Petrich had approved plea bargains […]
Bulgaria registered a record increase in the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, as the figure rose by 48, national operational headquarters head Major-General Ventsislav […]
Bulgaria is to begin mass testing of its citizens for new coronavirus, reports on April 15 quoted Health Minister Kiril Ananiev as saying. So far, tests had been done only […]
A total of 720 pre-trial proceedings have been launched in Bulgaria since March 13 in connection with breaches of State of Emergency rules against the spread of Covid-19, the Prosecutor’s […]
The European Commisssion presented on April 15 guidelines on coronavirus testing methodologies, as part of the European Roadmap towards lifting coronavirus containment measures. The guidance aims to support EU countries […]
The Bulgarian Military Medical Academy team, in the front line of the fight against Covid-19, has posted an appeal for people to celebrate the forthcoming Eastern Orthodox Christian Easter at […]
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on April 15 allowing fruit and vegetable and flower markets to open on April 16, closing them from April 17 to 19 […]
The Sofia Regional Prosecutor’s Office has issued a nationwide search warrant for Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia city councillor, after he failed to report […]
