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New Year’s Eve concerts in Sofia and around Bulgaria

December 31, 2012December 31, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Several Bulgarian singing stars will perform at an open-air concert on New Year’s Eve on Sofia’s Alexander Battenberg Square. The

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Bulgarian authorities check taxis to prevent New Year’s Eve rip-offs

December 31, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s motor vehicle administration is to carry out special checks to prevent rip-offs by taxi drivers on New Year’s Eve.

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Residents of Bulgaria’s Bansko demand ski area expansion

December 28, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Residents of Bulgaria’s Bansko mountain resort plan protest rallies in the coming days, blocking the road into the town and

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The Globe 2013: Business as usual

December 28, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol energy

The economy, both in Bulgaria and the world as a whole, has defied the worst predictions of the doom brigade

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign gathers 1.7M leva

December 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual Bulgarian Christmas campaign has gathered 1.7 million leva in donations this year, President Rossen Plevneliev’s office said in

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Bulgarian police out in force for Festive Season

December 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About 4000 police officers will work to maintain public order during the New Year’s festivities throughout Bulgaria, police commissioner Nikolai

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The Globe 2013: Bulgaria makes its choices

December 27, 2012December 21, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There are to be two defining political events in Bulgaria that may be predicted in the coming year – the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum: Official campaigning opens, with a month to go

December 27, 2012December 21, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

December 27 2012 sees the opening of the official campaigning period ahead of Bulgaria’s national referendum, a process that will

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Yule hear from us later

December 21, 2012December 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Globe is taking a Festive Season break from December 22 until the morning of December 27 2012. Our

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