Bulgaria starts work on overhauling stretch of Plovdiv-Bourgas railway line, building new section of Struma motorway
The close of August 2017 sees two transport projects getting underway in Bulgaria – an overhaul of a 26km section
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
Bulgaria wants to ban smoking of hookahs by under-18s
Bulgaria is moving towards banning the smoking of hookahs by under-18s, amid media reports that the practice is a craze
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Report on Bulgarian armed forces: Personnel shortages, insufficient resources, obsolete equipment
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 30 the annual report on the state of the armed forces, which says that the
Read moreBulgaria builds nuclear waste depository in Kozloduy
Bulgaria started building a nuclear waste depot on August 29 2017. The facility will be in a three km zone
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Archaeology: Large ancient gold necklace found at Bulgaria’s Heraclea Sintica site
A team of archaeologists working at the Heraclea Sintica site near Petrich in Bulgaria have found a large, extremely well-preserved,
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Bulgaria joint third-lowest in European Union in spending on education – Eurostat
Bulgaria is third-lowest among European Union member countries, jointly with Italy, in the ratio to GDP of government spending on
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Forests in Bulgaria’s Kresna Gorge will need 50 years to recover from August 2017 inferno
The fire that has caused widespread devastation of woodland in the Kresna Gorge in southern Bulgaria entered its fourth day
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French president Macron backs Bulgaria’s Schengen, euro zone bids
Emmanuel Macron’s tour of Eastern Europe reached Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast on August 25, where, in meetings with President Roumen
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Archaeology: 2nd century CE drinking water collection tank found at Bulgaria’s Perperikon
Archaeologists at Bulgaria’s ancient sacred site Perperikon have found a drinking water collection tank dating from the second century CE,
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