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2018/19 season at Bulgaria’s major ski resorts opens soon

December 5, 2018December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2018/19 ski season will open in Bulgaria’s winter resorts Pamporovo on December 8 and Bansko on December 15. A

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister: Number of foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria up 5% in first 10 months of 2018

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

In the first 10 months of 2018, more than 8.4 million tourists visited Bulgaria, an increase of five per cent

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Bulgaria 

Sofia deputy mayor resigns over controversial street repair project

December 4, 2018December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia deputy mayor for transport Evgeni Krousev said on December 4 that he submitted his resignation after becoming a target

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Bulgaria 

Sofia city hall offers public transport day passes as smog persists

December 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall has authorised the sale of ‘green ticket’ day passes for all public transportation in the Bulgarian capital

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians rank as fourth-highest spenders in EU on food, drink – Eurostat

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians spent the fourth-highest amount in the European Union on food and non-alcoholic beverages, as a fraction of total household

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Bulgaria 

Smog over Sofia: poor air quality prompts city hall call to avoid car use

December 3, 2018December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova called on the residents of the Bulgarian capital city to avoid using their cars on December

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Bulgaria 

CEZ to begin talks with second prospective buyer of Bulgarian assets

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Czech state-owned utility CEZ will begin talks with the second-placed bidder in the tender to sell its Bulgarian assets, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians rank as fifth-highest spenders in EU on transport – Eurostat

December 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians spent the fifth-highest amount in the European Union on transport, as a fraction of total household expenditure – 13.9

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Bulgaria 

Evangelical Protestant churches approach Council of Europe over Bulgaria’s Religions Act amendments

December 3, 2018December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Human rights organisation ADF International and a coalition of Bulgarian Evangelical Protestant churches have filed a formal request with the

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