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Day: August 29, 2017

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Dream of Europe turns deadly at Bulgaria’s border

August 29, 2017August 30, 2017 Deutsche Welle

The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa’s

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Bulgaria builds nuclear waste depository in Kozloduy

August 29, 2017December 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria started building a nuclear waste depot on August 29 2017. The facility will be in a three km zone

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Archaeology: Large ancient gold necklace found at Bulgaria’s Heraclea Sintica site

August 29, 2017September 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A team of archaeologists working at the Heraclea Sintica site near Petrich in Bulgaria have found a large, extremely well-preserved,

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Bulgarian wine grape growers say 2017 crop is best for the past five years

August 29, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency wine

Bulgarian wine grape producers say that the 2017 harvest is the best in the past five years. According to the

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