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Bulgaria: Warning of hazardous weather for Bourgas district over forecast heavy rain

August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national weather bureau has issued the Code Red warning of very hazardous weather for the Bourgas district for September

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August 2024 in Bulgaria one of hottest since modern record-keeping began

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

August 2024 has been one of the warmest Augusts in Bulgaria since modern record-keeping began in 1930, Bulgaria’s national weather

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Bulgaria’s caretaker government approves 100M leva draft budget for latest early parliamentary elections

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved a draft budget of 100 028 000 leva for the country’s latest

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Bulgaria’s caretaker government names candidates to be European Commissioner

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting on August 30, the Bulgarian caretaker government headed by Dimitar Glavchev decided to nominate GERB-UDF’s Ekaterina Zaharieva and We

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Bulgarian railways offers steam train trip on September 6, Unification Day

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ has organised a steam train excursion for the country’s September 6 Unification Day. Unification Day commemorates

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Bulgaria: Tensions over residences latest episode in Peevski vs Dogan clash

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There was a shoving match on August 30 between supporters of Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) founder Ahmed Dogan

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Bulgaria 

MRF founder Dogan on Peevski: ‘The boy has already gone too far’

August 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In a video posted on Facebook, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) founder and honorary president Ahmed Dogan says of

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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM interviews parties’ nominees for European Commissioner

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev held talks with the three candidates so far nominated by parliamentary groups to be

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NSI: Visits to Bulgaria for holidays in July 2024 up 8.6% y/y

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of visits to Bulgaria by non-residents in July 2024 was 8.6 per cent higher than in July 2023,

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