The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office announced that it had undertaken checks on the actions of the Sofia Municipality related to preventing the spread of coronavirus in the residential districts Fakulteta, Filipovtsi, Hristo Botev, Dimitar Milenkov and Orlandovtsi inhabited predominantly by people of Roma origin. The Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova was asked to provide information about measures undertaken against large groups of Bulgarian nationals who returned from high-risk countries and disrespected the mandatory quarantine. Mayor Fandakova called on the seniors to stay home. She also told the parents and the young people not to visit public playgrounds and sports grounds. Strict discipline will help up avoid full quarantine, Mayor Fandakova contends.
The Council of Ministers has approved the draft of a donation agreement between the World Health Organization and Bulgaria on the provision of a voluntary contribution, amounting to EUR 100,000, in support of the activities of the organization in the..
Bulgaria’s caretaker Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov and his Albanian counterpart Igli Hasani confirmed the firm commitment of the two countries to the accelerated construction of transport Corridor 8. Romania has asked to join the construction..
Winds of up to 120 kms. per hour inflicted damage in Vratsa, the biggest town in Bulgaria’s Northwest. Dozens of reports have come in of fallen trees and branches onto vehicles and roads, damaged equipment and torn overhead cables. There were..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
Romania and Bulgaria have a chance to join the Schengen area by land as of January 2025 , Hungarian Interior Minister Sándor Pinter said after an..
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