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Bulgarian railways offering special narrow-gauge train excursion on March 3

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There will be a special narrow-gauge train excursion from Septemvri station to Yakoruda and back to mark Liberation Day on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Year in prison, 10 000 leva fine, for vote-buying

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Shoumen has handed down a sentence of a year in prison and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government funds free textbooks for pupils in municipal kindergartens, schools

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

At a regular meeting on February 22, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved just more than 93 million leva for the purchase of

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Bulgaria 

Macron to Denkov: Thank you for your courage in implementing reforms and Bulgaria’s European path

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There are three main areas in which France and Bulgaria are increasingly close and which are at the heart of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker: Navalny was killed

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

According to the official information from the Kremlin regime, Alexey Navalny died, but perhaps only the most loyal to the

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of work by Gredi Assa ‘Travels’ opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on February 27

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of work by artist Gredi Assa entitled “Travels” opens at Sofia City Art Gallery in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Bulgaria 

German service sector union strike results in Lufthansa flight cancellations at Sofia Airport

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A 35-hour strike by German united services union Ver.di has resulted in the cancellation of several flights on February 20

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Bulgaria 

MPs from Bulgarian pro-Kremlin minority party hosted in Moscow by Putin’s party

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Members of Parliament from Bulgaria’s pro-Kremlin minority party Vuzrazhdane at the invitation of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, according to

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Election shortlists two candidates to be member of Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body

February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

An election in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s diocese of Sliven on February 18 shortlisted two candidates to be the next

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