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Year: 2012

Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s ‘vampire’ saga continues

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

After the finding in recent days of “vampire” burials in Sozopol, Bulgaria’s archaeological vampire saga took a new twist with

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terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria
Business Leisure 

Charter flights to Sofia Airport in May 2012 up 16 per cent y/y

June 11, 2012June 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of passengers arriving at Sofia Airport in May 2012 on scheduled commercial flights was 4200 more than in

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meglena kuneva, leader of the citizens for Bulgaria party
Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Kouneva’s party to launch July 1, to fight ‘political cartel’

June 11, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Ahead of the July 1 launch of her political party, Citizens for Bulgaria, Meglena Kouneva has embraced a strategy of

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

New book aims for debate on vanishing Sofia

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments Sofia

A group of young people from Sofia University’s sociology department have produced a book documenting the stories of 11 pre-1944

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov at the Sofia Forum for the Balkans
Bulgaria Europe News Perspectives 

Which compass direction for the Western Balkans?

June 10, 2012May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer and Alex Bivol 0 Comments

Amid the clamour and cacophony of the European economic crisis and the rapidly-whirling rumour mill about the future of the

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ash on a burning cigarette
Bulgaria News 

Smokers in Bulgaria hold public protest against new smoking ban

June 10, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments smoking

A demonstration by smokers against Bulgaria’s ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces such as restaurants, bars and workplaces, that

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Umbrella on a sandy beach in Varna Bulgaria
Bulgaria Business Leisure 

Bulgaria opens 2012 summer holiday season expecting rise in Russian tourists

June 10, 2012June 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments

Bulgaria’s 2012 summer holiday season was launched on June 9 2012 at the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach (Slunchev

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three cherries hanging from a branch
Bulgaria Business News 

Heavy rains in Bulgaria cut quantity, not quality of harvest – Naidenov

June 9, 2012June 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will not experience any food shortages in spite of the heavy rains and hail that hit the country in

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia announces 1.3M leva street dog shelter contract

June 9, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

More than two months after professor Botyo Tachkov died in a savage attack by a pack of stray dogs in

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