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Month: May 2019

Bulgaria 

Mayor of Bulgaria’s Rakovski: Pope wants to be among the people

May 2, 2019May 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Security measures for the May 6 visit by Pope Francis to the town of Rakovski will not be Draconian because

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government officials take part in March of the Living on YomHaShoah

May 2, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s National Co-ordinator against Antisemitism, Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, was among government officials to take part in the March

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Europe 

DiscoverEU: New round of applications for 20 000 free travel passes for 18-year-olds opens on May 2

May 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A new round of applications for a total of 20 000 free travel passes opens to 18-year-old European Union citizens

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv to hold ‘Aylyak Parade’ on May 4

May 2, 2019May 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The second consecutive annual Aylyak Parade will be held in Plovdiv on May 4 2019 at 5.30pm, from Rayko Daskalov

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Europe 

Candidates in North Macedonia’s presidential elections call for large voter turnout

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

With only two days remaining in the North Macedonia presidential election campaign, with the second round to be held on

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Bulgaria 

Traffic restrictions, access rules announced for Pope Francis’s visit to Bulgaria

May 1, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Interior Ministry and Sofia municipality have announced access rules and traffic and parking restrictions for the May 5 to

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘Pope Francis in the Holy Land’ opens in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on May 3

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

An exhibition entitled “Pope Francis in the Holy Land” is to be held from May 3 to 10 in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria State Fund Agriculture official resigns over link to guest house

May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The deputy executive director of the State Fund Agriculture has resigned after her phone number was found an accommodation reservation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first four months of 2019 was 144 – Interior Ministry

May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 144 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and midnight on April 30 2019,

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