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‘Code orange’ heat wave warning in Bulgaria expanded for July 30

July 29, 2015July 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The heat wave gripping Bulgaria will intensify on July 30, with a code “orange” weather warning issued for all but

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Turkey

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria stands shoulder to shoulder with Turkey, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said, commenting on Ankara’s military campaign in Syria and

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Bulgarian Parliament approves gradual increase in pensionable age

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved the second reading of amendments that will see the pensionable age increase gradually until it reaches

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve curtailed referendum on electoral rules

July 28, 2015September 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on July 28 a proposal to hold a national plebiscite on electoral rules, proposed by President Rossen

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‘Code orange’ hazardous weather warning for Bulgaria

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A code “orange” weather warning has been issued for 21 districts in Bulgaria for July 29 because of the ongoing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator rules out further electricity price hike delay

July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The head of Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has rejected renewed calls from industrial consumers demanding to postpone electricity price hikes until

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President makes case for national referendum

July 28, 2015July 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

There is no more powerful tool to increase citizens’ confidence than a referendum, Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev

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Archaeology: Thracian sword at Bulgaria’s Perperikon among finds in July

July 28, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists working at the ancient sacred site of Perperikon in Bulgaria have found four silver coins from the time of

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Bulgaria 

Divers recover helicopter that crashed into sea near Bulgaria’s Tsarevo

July 26, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A light helicopter that crashed into the sea at Tsarevo on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast has been recovered from

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