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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister extends anti-epidemic measures until April 12

March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued on March 26 an order extending the duration of all anti-epidemic measures until April

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Bulgarian Cabinet to inject up to 700M leva into state bank to help economy

March 25, 2020March 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Government decided on March 25 to increase the equity of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDR) by up to 700

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Bulgaria’s crisis staff against Covid-19: ‘If the PM can follow recommendations, so can everyone’

March 25, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The air conditioning in Bulgaria’s Cabinet building is turned off and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is warming his office with

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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry revises declaration document for intercity travel

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A new version of the declaration document that motorists in Bulgaria must show to prove that their intercity travel is

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s port of Varna bans crews of vessels from disembarking

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Varna

As of March 25, crews of ships being processed at the port of Varna are barred from disembarking from their

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Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport: Most flights cancelled on March 25

March 24, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

With the vast majority of flights at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport cancelled on March 25, all of five are scheduled to

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Covid-19: More than 290 000 masks confiscated from smuggler given to Bulgarian Red Cross

March 24, 2020March 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency has given 294 000 surgical protective masks confiscated from a would-be smuggler to the Bulgarian Red Cross,

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Crisis staff: 218 cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Bulgaria, including an entire family

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria is now 218, crisis staff chief Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski told a

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That’s the spirit: Bulgaria’s Customs Agency provides ethyl alcohol for disinfection to fight Covid-19

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency is providing more than 158 000 litres of ethyl alcohol to the Chief Directorate for Fire Safety

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