Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Update to color-code list of countries

Photo: library

Starting Friday, January 7, persons arriving in Bulgaria from countries in the red Covid zone are allowed on the territory of the country upon presentation of a valid EU digital Covid certificate for vaccination or overcome disease, or a similar document together with a negative result of a PCR test conducted up to 72 hours before entry. This was ordered by the Minister of Health Prof. Asena Serbezova on January 5.

An updated list of countries by color zone also enters into force on January 7. Romania is in the "green zone". The "orange zone" includes Austria, Hungary and Luxembourg. The "red zone" includes Argentina, the United States, Canada, Australia, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Montenegro, Malta and others.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Rumen Spetsov is the proposed candidate for special manager of Lukoil Bulgaria

The nominated person for special manager for the four companies of "Lukoil Bulgaria" is Rumen Spetsov, Minister of Economy, Petar Dilov, said. "He meets all legal requirements", Dilov added. The decision was discussed at the Security..

published on 11/14/25 3:04 PM

The government will not lease out property of Lukoil in Bulgaria

We hope that today Bulgaria will receive a derogation from the US sanctions against Russian company Lukoil, such as the one in Germany - for 6 months. This was what Boyko Borissov, leader of the GERB party, said. In anticipation of..

published on 11/14/25 1:19 PM

EU member states are expected to assess the amendments to Bulgaria’s Recovery and Resilience Plan

The European Commission has temporarily put on hold the preliminary assessment of Bulgaria’s request for the third payment under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan, amounting to EUR 1.6 billion, informed sources in Brussels told BNR...

published on 11/14/25 11:44 AM