25 artists work on restoration of facade of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv railway station
Twenty-five artists are working to restore the facade of Plovdiv Central Railway Station, restoring the glory to the work of
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Close to 19 000 motorists caught speeding in Bulgaria in just one week
Close to 19 000 motorists were caught exceeding the speed limit in Bulgaria in just one week, from August 21
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Bulgarian President calls meeting of security council to discuss ‘workable’ model against corruption
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for October
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Bulgarian government gives further 1.2M leva for new section of fence at Turkish border
At a regular meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved 1.224 million leva (about 626 000 euro) for the construction
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Bulgaria starts work on overhauling stretch of Plovdiv-Bourgas railway line, building new section of Struma motorway
The close of August 2017 sees two transport projects getting underway in Bulgaria – an overhaul of a 26km section
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Bulgaria wants to ban smoking of hookahs by under-18s
Bulgaria is moving towards banning the smoking of hookahs by under-18s, amid media reports that the practice is a craze
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Report on Bulgarian armed forces: Personnel shortages, insufficient resources, obsolete equipment
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 30 the annual report on the state of the armed forces, which says that the
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Dream of Europe turns deadly at Bulgaria’s border
The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa’s
Read moreBulgaria builds nuclear waste depository in Kozloduy
Bulgaria started building a nuclear waste depot on August 29 2017. The facility will be in a three km zone
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