2018/19 season at Bulgaria’s major ski resorts opens soon
The 2018/19 ski season will open in Bulgaria’s winter resorts Pamporovo on December 8 and Bansko on December 15. A
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Tourism Minister: Number of foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria up 5% in first 10 months of 2018
In the first 10 months of 2018, more than 8.4 million tourists visited Bulgaria, an increase of five per cent
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Sofia deputy mayor resigns over controversial street repair project
Sofia deputy mayor for transport Evgeni Krousev said on December 4 that he submitted his resignation after becoming a target
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Sofia city hall offers public transport day passes as smog persists
Sofia city hall has authorised the sale of ‘green ticket’ day passes for all public transportation in the Bulgarian capital
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Bulgarians rank as fourth-highest spenders in EU on food, drink – Eurostat
Bulgarians spent the fourth-highest amount in the European Union on food and non-alcoholic beverages, as a fraction of total household
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Smog over Sofia: poor air quality prompts city hall call to avoid car use
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova called on the residents of the Bulgarian capital city to avoid using their cars on December
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CEZ to begin talks with second prospective buyer of Bulgarian assets
Czech state-owned utility CEZ will begin talks with the second-placed bidder in the tender to sell its Bulgarian assets, Bulgarian
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Bulgarians rank as fifth-highest spenders in EU on transport – Eurostat
Bulgarians spent the fifth-highest amount in the European Union on transport, as a fraction of total household expenditure – 13.9
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Evangelical Protestant churches approach Council of Europe over Bulgaria’s Religions Act amendments
Human rights organisation ADF International and a coalition of Bulgarian Evangelical Protestant churches have filed a formal request with the
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