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Plovdiv Mediaeval Festival 2018 to be held on June 23-24

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv Mediaeval Festival will be held on June 23 and 24 2018 at Mladezhkiya Hulm (“Youth Hill”) in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride 2018: Customary condemnations – and calls of support

June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

In the run-up to the annual Sofia Pride, the 2018 event is seeing the customary calls for it to be

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Bulgaria 

Counting the cost after torrential rains, ‘tornado’ hit Bulgaria’s Varna and villages

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

More than 100 million leva would be needed to avert Varna being flooded after intense rainfall of the kind that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Traffic Police join in EU-wide operation against drink-driving

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Traffic Police are conducting a countrywide operation to check motorists for drink-driving or driving under the influence of illegal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers disagree over fate of ‘illegal’ restaurants and clubs at Sunny Beach

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers are at odds over the future of five restaurants and bars on the south beach of the

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Bulgaria 

Torrential rain causes chaos in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Torrential rain inundated Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna on June 4, bringing down trees, turning streets into rivers and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with PMs of Albania, Kosovo

June 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Bulgaria EU presidency, Kosovo

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held separate talks in Tirana on June 4 with his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama and

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Bulgaria 

Fitch, S&P Global re-affirm Bulgaria’s credit ratings

June 2, 2018November 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Two of the leading global credit rating agencies have re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign credit ratings, with Fitch Ratings maintaining the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Close to 18 000 applications for Bulgarian citizenship in a year, most from Macedonia

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Between May 2017 and May 2018, a total of 17 793 people applied for Bulgarian citizenship, Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva

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