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Bulgaria’s parade and Pope long weekend: Weather and traffic outlook

May 3, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s public holiday Armed Forces Day on May 6 creates a three-day weekend, which will be additionally eventful with the

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Alpha Research: Bulgarian Socialist Party narrowly ahead of GERB in run-up to European Parliament elections

May 3, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov

Were European Parliament elections held now, the Bulgarian Socialist Party would get 32.7 per cent and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Ahead of visit, Pope Francis addresses Bulgarian people in video message

May 3, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Ahead of his May 5 to 7 visit to Bulgaria, Pope Francis has addressed a message to the country’s people

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European Parliament election 2019: Bulgarians to have ‘I don’t support anyone’ option

May 2, 2019May 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission presented the ballot papers for the country’s May 26 2019 European Parliament elections, which include an

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Mayor of Bulgaria’s Rakovski: Pope wants to be among the people

May 2, 2019May 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Security measures for the May 6 visit by Pope Francis to the town of Rakovski will not be Draconian because

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Bulgarian government officials take part in March of the Living on YomHaShoah

May 2, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s National Co-ordinator against Antisemitism, Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, was among government officials to take part in the March

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv to hold ‘Aylyak Parade’ on May 4

May 2, 2019May 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The second consecutive annual Aylyak Parade will be held in Plovdiv on May 4 2019 at 5.30pm, from Rayko Daskalov

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Traffic restrictions, access rules announced for Pope Francis’s visit to Bulgaria

May 1, 2019May 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Interior Ministry and Sofia municipality have announced access rules and traffic and parking restrictions for the May 5 to

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Exhibition ‘Pope Francis in the Holy Land’ opens in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on May 3

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

An exhibition entitled “Pope Francis in the Holy Land” is to be held from May 3 to 10 in the

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