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Month: December 2016

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemics declared in Bulgaria’s Harmanli, Haskovo districts

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian regional health authorities declared flu epidemics on December 28 in the districts of Harmanli and Haskovo, a day after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria names February 21 as day to honour fighters against Nazism

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing government decided on December 28 2016 to name February 21 as a day to honour fighters against Nazism.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria moves to reform law on managing Black Sea beaches ‘to improve quality of tourist service’

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet approved on December 28 amendments to the Black Sea Coast Spatial Planning Act that, if approved, would

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia to host International Organisation of Vine and Wine congress in May-June 2017

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will host the 40th congress of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) from May 29

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv district on verge of epidemic as flu season hits Bulgaria early

December 27, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv district appears on the verge of an epidemic of influenza, with the number of cases in Dobrich and

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Bulgaria 

At Hanukah celebration, Bulgarian President calls for Bulgarians to preserve traditions of tolerance and respect

December 27, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Rossen Plevneliev

Participating in a Hanukah celebration at Sofia Central Synagogue, Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev called on Bulgarians to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Vratsa Metropolitan Kalinik dies

December 26, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Dossier Commission

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Vratsa, Kalinik, died on December 26 at the age of 85. Kalinik, who headed

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Bulgaria 

European Commission awards 48.2M euro emergency funding to Bulgaria for border and migration management

December 23, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, European Commission

The European Commission has awarded an additional 48.2 million euro in emergency funding to Bulgaria under the Asylum, Migration and

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Bulgaria 

Intense traffic warning as hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians head on Festive Season holidays

December 23, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian traffic police estimated that December 23 would see more than 400 000 people set off on their Festive Season

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