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Archaeologists have found the long sought-after oldest necropolis of ancient Apollonia, the Black Sea town that was the predecessor to today’s Sozopol in Bulgaria. The discovery was made in the […]
A system of payment by mobile phone text message for parking in the “Blue Zone” in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv took effect on September 3 2012. The fee for […]
The new Sofia metro underground railway line, officially opened on August 31 2012, has kept property prices in adjoining residential areas from falling into the decline seen elsewhere in Bulgaria’s […]
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Justice was expected to announce on September 3 2012 the outcome of a rapid investigation into the death in detention of a German citizen who apparently committed […]
The opening of Sofia’s new metro underground railway line was celebrated by offering free rides to all users from the afternoon to the end of the day on August 31 […]
Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry on August 31 issued a new ban on construction in the Kamchiya Sands area, responding to the concerns of environmental conservation groups about the expiry of the […]
Lufthansa flights between Frankfurt and Sofia, including a flight arriving in the Bulgarian capital at 1pm and a scheduled departure at 1.40pm, were cancelled on August 31 2012 because of […]
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency has issued a reminder that by the end of October, all coffee vending machines, parking voucher payment machine, snack dispensers and machines that dispense bouncing balls […]
A week after controversy erupted about his “joke” likening socialism to AIDS, the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s Anton Koutev apologised for the difficulties caused – to the other socialists. The saga […]
Teams from Bulgaria’s anti-organised crime police, customs, tax and labour authorities, food safety inspectors and Culture Ministry staff raided three striptease bars, three nightclubs and a sex club in the […]
