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| updated on 3/30/20 3:28 PM


The city of Plovdiv: the most expensive kind of entertainment – a walk in the park! The fine for violating the ban for visiting city parks during quarantine period is 5000 Leva (2500 euro). Yesterday the police issued 92 penalty orders for trespassers. Logically, today Plovdiv citizens are much wiser in following the rules of emergency situation imposed over the coronavirus. Photo: BTA



The Black Sea city of Burgas - storks returning home, as they do every spring.  Photo: BTA

Assenova Fortress near the town of Assenovgrad, southern Bulgaria – a working tourist site on the territory of that municipality. All precautions are taken and the site is disinfected three times daily. Tourists are allowed in only by two.  Photo: BTA


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