Bulgaria’s European elections: Woman given suspended sentence for vote-buying
The District Court in the north-eastern Bulgarian town of Turgovishte has handed down a sentence of 10 months in prison,
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
Floodwaters inundate Forum archaeological site in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
The torrential rains that have hit Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv in recent days have flooded the ancient Forum site at
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Torrential rains in Bulgaria cause landslides, transport problems
Traffic was disrupted on the road between Assenovgrad and Smolyan in the Plovdiv district on June 3 as a result
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Bulgaria faces week of thunderstorms after heavy rains inundate Plovdiv, Haskovo
Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv was mopping up on June 3 after a second round of torrential rain inundated the city,
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Bulgaria’s 2019 European elections: 3.2M leva spent on paid media coverage
Parties, coalitions and independent candidates that stood in Bulgaria’s May 26 2019 European Parliament elections spent a total of more
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Standard&Poor’s affirms Bulgaria’s credit rating, outlook positive
S&P Global Ratings affirmed its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bulgaria at ‘BBB-/A-3’. The outlook remains
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Respects paid to victims of communist prison camp at Bulgaria’s Belene
The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva, was among those who paid their respects at a June 1 ceremony
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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first five months of 2019 was 180 – Interior Ministry
A total of 180 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and midnight on May 31 2019,
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Bulgaria sixth-largest producer of cigarettes in the EU
Bulgaria produced 20 billion cigarettes in 2017, making it the sixth-largest producer of cigarettes in the European Union that year,
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