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Bulgarian Cabinet ministers disagree over fate of ‘illegal’ restaurants and clubs at Sunny Beach

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers are at odds over the future of five restaurants and bars on the south beach of the

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Bulgaria 

Torrential rain causes chaos in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Torrential rain inundated Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna on June 4, bringing down trees, turning streets into rivers and

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Bulgaria 

Fitch, S&P Global re-affirm Bulgaria’s credit ratings

June 2, 2018November 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Two of the leading global credit rating agencies have re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign credit ratings, with Fitch Ratings maintaining the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Close to 18 000 applications for Bulgarian citizenship in a year, most from Macedonia

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Between May 2017 and May 2018, a total of 17 793 people applied for Bulgarian citizenship, Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva

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Bulgaria 

Audio guide for tourists in three languages launched in Plovdiv, Sofia to follow

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

An audio guide service for tourists was launched in Plovdiv on June 1, with the launch of the service in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan opposes crematorium construction

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The head of the Varna diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Yoan, has spoken out against the construction of

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Bulgaria 

Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 2018 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

June 1, 2018June 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Across Bulgaria, sirens will sound at noon on June 2 2018 in an annual custom honouring the memory of revolutionary,

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Bulgaria 

Interior Ministry: 188 dead in road accidents in Bulgaria in first five months of 2018

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 188 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and May 31 2018, according statistics

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-April 2018 Budget surplus at 1.32B leva

May 31, 2018June 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first four months of 2018 was 1.32 billion leva,

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