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Day: August 23, 2012

Bulgaria News 

Weather forecast: Heat wave in Bulgaria over weekend

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Temperature highs in Bulgaria were expected to once again exceed 40 degrees Celsius on August 24 as the heat wave

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Leisure 

Lenny Kravitz postpones Sofia gig to 2013

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

US rock artist Lenny Kravitz has postponed his Sofia concert, scheduled for September 30, citing the shooting delay on a

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Bulgaria News 

Recriminations fly in case of Bulgarian sailors arrested in Spain

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Relatives of the sailors from the crew of a Bulgarian ship seized by Spanish authorities with a cargo of three

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Bulgaria Business News 

Foreign tourists not affected by Bulgarian tour operator bankruptcy – official

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian tourism officials said on August 23 that the brewing crisis involving about 1000 foreign tourists who had bought holiday

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian border police detain 10 Syrians attempting illegal border crossing from Turkey

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian border police arrested 10 Syrians and a Turkish citizen accompanying them after the group was spotted attempting an illegal

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria’s new Rila blaze amid fires sweeping South Eastern Europe

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A fire that broke out at 1400m in Bulgaria’s Rila mountain on August 23 – the second such blaze at

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Bulgaria Europe Leisure News 

Construction of first phase of Skopje – Sofia rail link ‘to begin in 2013’

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Macedonia’s government, having been given 46.4 million euro financing by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, plans to start

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria to open further 17km of Trakiya motorway linking Sofia and Bourgas

August 23, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

A further 17 kilometres of the Trakiya Motorway, from Yambol to Petolachkata near the town of Sliven, will open this

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Bulgaria Business News 

Soaring fuel prices prompt Bulgarian bus transport companies to mull price increases

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Transport companies in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv region are considering a further increase in long-distance bus ticket prices because of the country’s

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