The planned closure of fitness centers, shopping malls and restaurants will not lead to a decrease in the number of coronavirus infections, Emil Kolarov from the Association of Restaurants in Bulgaria and Ventsislav Nikolov from the Bulgarian Retail Association said for Bulgaria ON AIR. In their view, the new closure of these sectors would be a disaster.
Businesses are worried that the anti-epidemic measures will not last only two weeks, as announced by the authorities. They are also worried that they may not receive state compensation, because the lockdown is imposed at a local level by orders of the regional health inspectorates, not by order of this country’s Minister of Health. The Association of Restaurants in Bulgaria does not rule out the possibility to launch protests against the new anti-epidemic measures.
The SDS (Union of Democratic Forces), GERB's coalition partner, has reservations not only towards the BSP, but also towards "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms" around Ahmed Dogan. According to the leader of the SDS and co-chairman of the GERB-SDS..
A green ticket worth 1 lev for a whole day of travel on Sofia's public transport and free parking in the metro's buffer parking lots is being introduced for today and Monday (January 19 and 20), the Sofia Municipality announced. The measure is..
On the Bulgarian border with Turkey , traffic is extremely heavy at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo border checkpoints at the exit for trucks, the Border Police reported as of 6:00 this morning. Temporarily, the passage through the Malko Tarnovo..
A global campaign focusing on the right of every child to grow up in a family environment has been launched in Sofia on the initiative of the UK..
Bulgaria is participating with its national pavilion at the largest international exhibition for food, agriculture and horticulture, the 2025 Berlin..
Since 2007, when Bulgaria joined the European Union, the country has received €16.3 billion in EU funds, according to an analysis by the Institute for..
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