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Day: January 10, 2017

Bulgaria 

American College of Sofia celebrates 25 years since rebirth

January 10, 2017December 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s American College of Sofia celebrates in 2017 a quarter-century since its rebirth at the dawn of a new era

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian president-elect rejects calls to prolong the life of the current Parliament

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian president-elect Roumen Radev has rejected calls to prolong the life of the current Parliament, made by Boiko Borissov’s GERB

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict mayor of Plovdiv over zoo project

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 10 that it has charged Ivan Totev, mayor of Bulgaria’s second largest city of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s winter weather crisis: Danube closed to shipping because of ice floes

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria closed its section of the Danube River to shipping on January 10 after ice floes covered more than 80

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs in drama over last-minute bid for majoritarian election system

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

The sands of time are running out for Bulgaria’s current Parliament, but MPs from Boiko Borissov’s GERB party are mounting

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Bulgaria 

Exacta Poll: Borissov’s GERB has narrow lead over Bulgarian Socialist Party

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has 26.1 per cent support and the Bulgarian Socialist Party 24.9 per cent support, according

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Bulgaria 

Sofia extends school holidays again because of cold classrooms

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia has again extended what began as the Christmas school holiday, with schools now due to re-open on

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Wine Enthusiast magazine names Bulgaria’s Plovdiv area among 10 best wine travel destinations of 2017

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

Wine Enthusiast magazine has named the Bulgaria’s Thracian Lowlands area, around Plovdiv, as among its choice of the 10 best

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appears set to break electricity consumption records as freezing temperatures persist

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

As below-zero temperatures persisted across Bulgaria, peak-hour electricity consumption matched or beat the record set in February 2012 and was

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