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Automatic weapons found at home of man who shot himself in Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security building

January 28, 2020January 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A large quantity of firearms and ammunition has been found at the home of a man who fatally shot himself

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Bulgaria 

Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019 were slightly up on 2018 – statistics institute

January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There were 9.3 million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019, about 0.4 per cent higher than in 2018, the

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Bulgaria 

Pernik water crisis: Sofia city council approves government’s rescue plan

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A meeting of Sofia city council on January 28 overwhelmingly approved a rescue plan proposed by the Bulgarian government intended

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘New Bulgarian Painting 3’ opens in Sofia on January 28

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “New Bulgarian Painting 3” opens at the Oborishte 5 Hall and Gallery on January 28 at 6.30pm

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Bulgaria 

Dominic Miller Group on Tour 2020 coming to Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Varna in March

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Dominic Miller Group on Tour 2020 will be coming to Bulgaria’s cities of Plovdiv and Varna in 2020, according

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court overturns ban on Australian murder convict Palfreeman leaving Bulgaria

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Administrative Court overturned the Bulgarian Migration Directorate’s 2011 ban on Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman leaving Bulgaria, public

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Bulgaria 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Bulgarian survivors tell their stories

January 27, 2020March 18, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

It is January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day on which international leaders gather, and swear, hand on heart:

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Bulgaria 

Pernik water crisis: Bulgarian prosecutors charge two more people

January 27, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 27 that it pressed charges of mismanagement against two officials in the ongoing investigation

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Bulgaria 

Number of flu epidemics declared in Bulgaria increases again

January 27, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of declarations of influenza epidemics in districts and municipalities in Bulgaria rose further on the afternoon of January

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