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Bulgarian police chant for government’s resignation at national protest in Sofia

November 8, 2015November 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 1000 police gathered outside the National Assembly building in Sofia on November 8 in a national protest against

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Bulgaria People 

Remembrance Sunday in Sofia 2015: ‘We shall remember them’

November 8, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Ambassadors, military representatives, former service people and members of the expatriate community attended the traditional Remembrance Sunday service in Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bodies found of two British tourists buried under rockslide at Bulgaria’s Krushuna Waterfalls

November 8, 2015November 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The bodies of two British tourists buried under a rockslide on November 6 at the Krushuna Waterfalls in northern Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch jointly celebrate liturgy at Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral

November 8, 2015November 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit and his guest Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew jointly celebrated a liturgy on November 8 in

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Bulgaria 

Metrojet crash: Bulgaria advises citizens against trips to Egyptian resorts on Sinai Peninsula

November 8, 2015November 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian citizens should refrain from trips to resorts on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, such as Sharm El-Sheikh, Dahab and

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Bulgaria 

Energy, regional security on agenda as foreign ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary meet

November 8, 2015November 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Hungary

Potential for further trilateral co-operation, especially in the energy sector, was discussed at a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers

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Bulgaria 

Rockslide buries two UK tourists at Bulgaria’s Krushuna Waterfalls

November 6, 2015November 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A rockslide buried two British tourists under about 200 cubic metres of earth near Krushuna Waterfalls in northern Bulgaria on

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Bulgaria 

Supporters of Ataka’s Siderov ‘threatened MPs’

November 6, 2015November 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Members of Parliament who were on the ad hoc committee that recommended removing the immunity from prosecution of Ataka leader

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Bulgaria 

Police protests: Borissov worried by people’s fear of those meant to protect them

November 6, 2015November 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Sofia

In a new comment on continuing public protests by police, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has said that he is

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