Repairs to fix Strouma Motorway fire damage estimated at 1.86M leva
Bulgaria’s road infrastructure agency plans to allow partial traffic on the Strouma Motorway overbridge near the town of Doupnitsa damaged
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Israelis were largest group of foreign tourists in Plovdiv in June 2019 – statistics institute
Israelis made up the largest group of foreign tourists who visited Plovdiv in June 2019, Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI)
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New art gallery to open in Plovdiv’s Gladstone Street on September 2
Plovdiv’s new 2019 Exhibition Hall, built on the site of a previously-demolished art gallery in Gladstone Street, is to open
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Bulgaria railways offering vintage steam train excursion on September 6
Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering an excursion on a narrow-gauge train, pulled by a Polish-made locomotive dating from 1949,
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Bulgaria generates 435kg municipal waste per person – Eurostat
Bulgaria generated an average of 435kg of municipal waste per person in 2017, below the European Union average, EU statistics
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ASF: Bulgaria’s payment of 300 leva aid to farmers who culled pigs to begin after September 1
Payment of one-off aid of 300 leva (about 150 euro) to farmers who have disinfected their smallholding farms after complying
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Police probe ‘blue light’ on Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan’s car
Police in Sofia and in Plovdiv have begun an investigation following the publication of a photograph of an official car
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Bulgarian Traffic Police: More than 44 500 speeding violations in a week
Bulgaria’s Traffic Police detected more than 44 500 violations of speed limits across the country during a week-long special speed-control
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Bulgaria receives 13 letters of interest in Belene nuclear station tender
Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on August 20 that it has received letters of interest from 13 candidates in its tender
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