Human activities

The aviation market is experiencing one of the biggest crises in its history, with the effects stretching from carriers' revenues to the jobs at all the companies in or related to the industry.

As of today, the trains in Sofia's subway will travel at 4,5 minute intervals.

The trains will travel on a more frequent timetable during rush hour to stop owercrowding of passengers.

The change was ordered by Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova because of the measures against the spread of COVID-19.

The company Turkish Airlines suspends its flights to Bulgaria until 17 April 2020. The measure is taken because of the COVID-19 infection. It became clear that Turkish Airlines will suspend all of its flights.

The last Turkish Airlines flight to Sofia will take place on 25 March at 8.35 AM local time. 

More information will be provided.

From tomorrow, March 25, 2020, Wizz Air will stop all its flights to and from Varna until May 1, 2020.

This measure is taken to limit the spread of the pandemic. Passengers with reservations affected by the flight stop will be automatically notified by email if they have made their reservations directly on or through the airline's mobile application.

The dilemma being faced by thousands of troubled employers across Greece is whether to dismiss employees or suspend their labor contracts instead, as the government is proposing.

Bulgaria's Premier Boyko Borissov held a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Borissov congratulated China for taking effective measures against the new coronavirus and for the assistance provided to Bulgaria, BNR reported.

Bucharest, March 17 /Agerpres/ - The perception of the employees in healthcare is that the healthcare system is not ready yet to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest weakness being the serious deficiencies in terms of personal protective equipment, says the "Health Solidarity" Federation, which published a survey on Tuesday in which employees from the system participated.

Wizz Air announced today that, as a result of the national travel restrictions imposed, from 18 March 2020, the airline will suspend all its flights from Bulgaria to Spain by 3 April 2020.

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) announced on Friday it is seeking to appoint a part-time English-language copy editor (reference: INTERN_CE2020), as part of the internship opportunities that it offers, with a starting date on April 1, for three to six months.

Serbia, Albania and Romania have closed many of their border crossings in order to combat the spread of the coronavirus, leaving some parts of the Balkans practically cut off for civil traffic.

All countries of the region have either banned entry or introduced special restrictive measures for passengers arriving from countries with mid to high to risk of coronavirus.