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Day: March 20, 2014

Leisure 

What’s On: Buena Vista Social Club in Sofia, Plovdiv

March 20, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

Bulgaria has been included on the Buena Vista Social Club Adios Tour this summer, with concerts in Sofia’s National Palace

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Leisure 

What’s on: Chambao returns to Bulgaria on June 6

March 20, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Spanish electronic music and flamenco fusion band Chambao returns yet again to Bulgaria and will play Sofia’s National Palace of

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Leisure 

What’s On: Ballet Nacional de España in Sofia on March 25

March 20, 2014March 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Spain’s national ballet, the Ballet Nacional de España (BNE) performs at the National Palace of Culture, NDK, in Bulgaria’s capital

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Leisure 

Film review: Pompeii

March 20, 2014May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In one of the final scenes of yet another film set in the ancient Roman Empire, two lovers embrace each

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Europe 

Obama announces expansion of sanctions against Russia

March 20, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Thursday morning a series of increased sanctions against Russia over its annexation of the

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Bulgaria 

Continuing controversy as Bulgaria’s new Central Election Commission elected

March 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The process of appointment of Bulgaria’s new Central Election Commission has not escaped the kind of dispute seen all the

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Europe 

EU considers further sanctions against Russia

March 20, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The European Union is readying further sanctions against Russia over its annexation of the Crimean peninsula. German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President slams case against energy distributors as ‘populist’

March 20, 2014March 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has described the case brought against the three privately-owned electricity distribution companies, which risk losing their

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Bulgaria 

Two face disciplinary proceedings over fatal shootout in Bulgaria’s Lyaskovets

March 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Disciplinary proceedings have been started against two officers at the Interior Ministry in Veliko Turnovo following the shootout on March

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