Booze cruising for a bruising at Bulgarian seaside resort
Foreign tourists in Bulgaria’s popular Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach are imbibing alcohol at astonishingly cheap prices – or
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Month: August 2012
Firefighters battle blazes in Bulgaria’s Rila Mountain, Serbia, Macedonia and Greece
Firefighters in Bulgaria continued their struggle against the blaze in the Beli Bor area of the Rila Mountain on August
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Bulgaria cracks down on dodgy driving schools
Bulgarian authorities have begun investigating misleading advertisements by driving schools that offer fees of 200 to 300 leva (about 100
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New Italian ambassador to Bulgaria named
Bulgarian media reports have identified career diplomat Marco Conticelli as the new Italian ambassador in Sofia, succeeding Stefano Benazzo. Conticelli
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Hoteliers in Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach complain about foreign tourist complaints
Hoteliers in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach say that shortcomings in legislation on the tourism industry expose them
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The shape of summer 2012: Some notes on tourism in Bulgaria
Strolling the tourist area alleyways of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal resort of Golden Sands in August 2012, any passerby with
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Archaeology: Plovdiv wants to expand Roman Forum dig after several finds
Archaeologists working on digs at the Roman Forum and Odeon sites in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv have unearthed a
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Film Review: Brave
It is difficult to make a film with a teenager in the lead, especially when she is an animated princess,
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Pussy Riot: Two wanted band members flee Russia to avoid arrest
The Russian punk band Pussy Riot says two members wanted by Russian authorities have fled the country to escape arrest. The feminist
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