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Month: April 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria faces an Orthodox Easter long weekend of light rain, heavy traffic

April 5, 2018April 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is heading for a four-day Orthodox Easter weekend from April 6 to 9 2018 that will see rainy and

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Perspectives 

Opinion: Bulgaria’s extended winter tourism season

April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 Mark Thomas tourism

As the winter ski season nears its end and before we get to read the official statistics that show that

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Third ‘Master of Art’ documentary film festival opens at five cinemas in Sofia on April 12

April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The third Master of Art film festival opens at five cinemas in Bulgarian capital Sofia on April 12 and continues

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Exhibition of work by 46 Bulgarian cartoonists opens at ‘Shipka 6’ Gallery in Sofia

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhbition of work by 46 Bulgarian cartoonists opens on April 5 2018 at 6pm at the Union of Bulgarian

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Perspectives 

Do the Western Balkans face a coming Russian storm?

April 5, 2018 Mark Galeotti of the European Council on Foreign Relations Montenegro, Russia, Serbia

“Serbia and the rest of the Balkans are a pawn in a great game of powers between Russia, the EU,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian who called Jews ‘enemy population’ pursues editor through the courts for calling him an anti-Semite

April 4, 2018April 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Retired Bulgarian politician Dyanko Markov, 95, is continuing to pursue editor Yuliana Metodieva through the courts for calling him an

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman tomb found in the grounds of Medical University in Plovdiv

April 4, 2018April 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A Roman tomb dating from the first to the third century has been discovered in the grounds of the Medical

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Bulgaria 

Radev on Russia: As EU presidency, Bulgaria must have a policy of ‘dialogue and balance’

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Roumen Radev, Russia

As holder of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bulgaria should pursue a policy of dialogue and

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Bulgaria 

Air pollution in Sofia, other Bulgarian cities hugely exceeded norms several times this winter

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

In Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, air pollution norms were exceeded 70 times in the heating period from October 2017 to

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