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Exhibition of work by Eliezer Alcheh opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on September 21

August 28, 2018August 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

An exhibition of work by Vidin-born Bulgarian Jewish artist Eliezer Alcheh, held to mark the 110th anniversary of his birth,

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Bulgaria 

Photographic exhibition ‘Sergei Borisov and the Soviet Artistic Underground’ opens in Plovdiv in October

August 27, 2018August 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

An exhibition entitled “Sergei Borisov and the Soviet Artistic Underground” opens at Sklada in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv on October

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Bulgaria 

USNS Carson City docks in Bulgaria’s Varna for three-day visit

August 27, 2018August 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The USNS Carson City docked in the Bulgarian port of Varna on August 27 for a visit that will continue

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors press charges against driver of Svoge crash bus, as death toll reaches 17

August 27, 2018August 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Regional Prosecutor’s Office has pressed a number of charges against Grigor Grigorov, driver of the bus that crashed

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Bulgaria 

Non-EU citizens with permanent or long-term residence in Bulgaria close to double in a year

August 27, 2018August 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 31 587 citizens of non-EU countries had permanent or long-term residence in Bulgaria in 2017 – a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Trade Register restored to full functionality

August 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Registry Agency said on August 27 that the full functionality of the country’s Trade Register has been restored, ending

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Bulgaria 

Ban on civilian flights, sailing as Bulgarian Air Force holds exercise at Shabla

August 27, 2018August 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A ban is in effect on civilian flights and sailing in an area off Shabla on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Investigations continue into Bulgaria’s worst bus crash in nine years

August 26, 2018August 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

As emergency doctors fought on August 26 to save the lives of people in critical condition after the previous day’s

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Bulgaria 

16 dead in bus accident in Bulgaria’s Iskar Gorge

August 25, 2018August 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Sixteen people are reported dead and a large number are injured after a bus lost control, left the road and

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