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An emergency services doctor at Sofia’s Alexandrovska Hospital, Nelly Pandova Ilieva, who had tested positive for Covid-19 and subsequently tested negative, has died, it was announced on May 3. The […]
In Sofia and other major cities in Bulgaria on May 2, public places saw some people wearing masks and others not, on the first day after the mandatory wearing of […]
A 43-year-old doctor, Iliana Ivanova, died in hospital in the Bulgarian town of Sliven after being in intensive care for treatment of Covid-19. Dr Ivanova’s death, the 69th in Bulgaria […]
The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by 49 in the past 24 hours to a total of 1555, the operational headquarters said in an evening […]
Vitosha nature park will be re-opened from May 3 for visits by the public, Sofia municipality said soon after Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev announced that he was lifting the […]
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on May 1 lifting the ban on visiting mountains, national parks and nature parks outside cities and towns. Ananiev’s order requires mayors […]
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on May 1 cancelling his earlier order requiring the mandatory wearing of masks or other appropriate face covering in public places. The […]
Close to 40 000 vehicles had left Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia in the past 24 hours, while police refused permission to travel to about 7000 people at checkpoints in the […]
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on April 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first three months of 2020 was 1.43 billion leva, exceeding the ministry’s forecast of 1.28 billion […]
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order on April 30 banning exports of medicines used in the treatment of diabetes, schizophrenia and cancer as well as other serious potentially […]
