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Bulgarian traffic police begin week-long operation against speeding

August 12, 2019August 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police began on August 12 a week-long operation against speeding, the Interior Ministry said. The operation, continuing to

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Bulgaria 

‘Code Orange’ dangerous weather warning for Bulgaria’s Blagoevgrad

August 11, 2019August 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for the south-western district of Blagoevgrad because of forecast

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Clear skies, but bright moon, for peak of 2019’s Perseids over Bulgaria

August 11, 2019August 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The annual Perseids meteor shower will peak in Bulgaria’s night skies on August 12 and 23 2019, and the good

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police shut down ‘retro’ photo stall over Nazi uniforms

August 10, 2019August 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, tourism

Police in the Bulgarian Black Sea summer resort town of Sozopol have shut down a “retro” photo booth that had

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African Swine Fever: 80 000 pigs culled at two farms in Bulgaria’s Rousse

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The culling and burial of close to 80 000 pigs at two industrial pig farms in Bulgaria’s Rousse district where

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US investor building 300M leva entertainment complex in Bulgaria’s Svilengrad

August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A large US fund is investing close to 300 million leva (about 150 million euro) in a large tourist entertainment

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Bulgaria 

Deadline for EU nationals to register to vote in Bulgaria’s local elections is September 16

August 9, 2019August 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The deadline for nationals of other European Union countries resident in Bulgaria to register to vote in the country’s autumn

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Bulgarian television stations fined for breaking election laws

August 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria European elections 2019, Media

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has confirmed its decisions imposing fines on two of the country’s major television stations, Nova

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Bulgaria’s election commission fines two nationalist politicians

August 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has imposed fines on nationalist VMRO party leader Krassimir Karachanov and MEP Angel Dzhambazki for

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