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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Visits to discos, night bars and night clubs still banned

June 12, 2020June 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From June 15 to June 30, visits to discos, piano bars, night bars, clubs and the like are not allowed,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Confirmed cases pass 3000-mark, 1230 active

June 12, 2020June 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of the 2640 samples tested for new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, 93 were positive, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health

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Bulgaria 

150 flights to Bulgaria’s Bourgas planned for July 2020 cancelled in a single day

June 11, 2020June 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, new coronavirus, tourism

A total of 150 flights to Bourgas Airport that had been booked for July 2020 had been cancelled in a

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Coronavirus situation stable, Bulgaria one of safest tourist destinations

June 11, 2020June 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The situation in Bulgaria in connection with the spread of the coronavirus is stable and the country is currently one

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Europe 

EC recommends Schengen countries lift internal border controls by June 15

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Schengen, tourism

The European Commission is recommending to Schengen visa zone member states and Schengen associated states to lift internal border controls

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in April 2020 dropped close to 20% y/y

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s exports in April 2020 added up to 3.7 billion leva, a decrease of 19.5 per cent compared with April

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Bulgaria 

Active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria climb for fifth day, to 1162

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rose for the fifth consecutive day on June 11, to a

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Bulgaria 

Health Minister: Bulgaria to extend ban on entry of non-EU nationals

June 10, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is to extend its temporary ban on the entry to the country of non-EU nationals, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Mayor of Bulgaria’s Nova Zagora orders town disinfected after 10 new cases

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The mayor of Bulgaria’s Nova Zagora said on June 10 that the town’s streets and neighbourhoods would be disinfected following

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