Central Plovdiv to be closed to traffic for European Capital of Culture 2019 opening days
A large part of central Plovdiv will be closed to traffic for the official opening days of the city’s status
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Month: January 2019
US Navy ship Fort McHenry enters Black Sea
The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry, with embarked elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, began its
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Archaeology: Traces of buildings dating back more than 2000 years found at Plovdiv’s Nebet Tepe site
Archaeologists working at the Nebet Tepe site in the Old Town of Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found layers of
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Bulgarian President, Defence Ministry remain at odds over fighter jet acquisition process
In Bulgaria, January 6 is traditionally the day for a church blessing of the battle flags of the military, a
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Bulgaria issues warning of potentially dangerous weather over below-zero temperatures on January 7
Bulgarian authorities have issued the “Code Yellow” warning of potentially dangerous weather for every district in the country for January
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Ecumenical Patriarch signs proclamation of autocephaly of Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeos I has signed the “tomos” document officially proclaiming the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as autocephalous. Bartolomeos I
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Bulgarian Regional Development Minister: Contractor for e-vignette system to face penalties
The company that was the contractor for Bulgaria’s trouble-stricken new electronic road tax “vignette” system is to be formally inspected
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Bulgarian PM fires three officials over electronic road tax ‘vignette’ fiasco
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the dismissal of two top officials at the Road Infrastructure Agency and an
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Frontex: Number of irregular crossings at Europe’s borders in 2018 lowest in five years
In 2018, the number of illegal border-crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by a quarter compared with 2017 to an
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