Sofia Airport reports 7.6% passenger traffic increase in April 2018
Sofia Airport saw a 7.6 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in April 2018, exceeding 600 000 passengers, the
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod to meet on Macedonian church question
The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, will meet this week on questions including whether it
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WJC condemns ‘disturbing and provocative’ anti-Semitic symbols at Bulgarian football match
The World Jewish Congress has strongly condemned the “disturbing and provocative” photographs that emerged last week in Bulgaria showing two
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Wife of Bulgarian mountaineer missing in the Himalayas says rescuers should not risk their lives
Radoslava Nenova, the wife of Boyan Petrov who was last seen on May 3 during an expedition in the Himalayas
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Plovdiv’s Regional Archaeological Museum exhibits items from ancient Episcopal Basilica
An exhibition of items from Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica, the largest early Christian basilica of its kind found on the Balkans
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Exhibition ‘Bernini and the Roman Baroque – the Language of Modernity’ opens on May 15
An exhibition entitled “Bernini and the Roman Baroque – the Language of Modernity” opens at the Palace of the National
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Israel wins 2018 Eurovision song contest, Bulgaria in 14th place
Israel, with Netta Barzilai performing the song Toy, won the 2018 Eurovision song contest, with 529 points. In second place
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Outrage over photos of Bulgarian children with swastika and Hitler salute at football match
Bulgaria’s State Agency for Child Protection (SACP) has initiated an investigation into photographs showing two boys at the Bulgarian Cup
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Plaque unveiled to Bulgarian Jews at site of Second World War forced labour camp
For the first time in Bulgaria, a plaque has been unveiled at a site of one of the forced labour
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