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Bulgaria’s heatwave: Free mineral water in Varna, Sofia, warnings on some dam levels

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

With temperatures in Bulgaria continuing to soar in what is forecast to be a record hot July, Varna municipality has

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Bulgaria offers recovery treatment for children who survived Russian missile attack on hospital

July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Ivaylo Ivanov, has proposed that children who survived the rocket attack on

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Turmoil in Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms continues

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The turmoil in Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) entered its latest day on July 9, as a group

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court rules its two newest judges will serve out rest of term

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on July 9 that it has ruled that its two newest judges, appointed by Parliament in

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Swiss ambassador to Bulgaria upbeat on Allegra Festival

July 9, 2024July 23, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A lover of classical music, Switzerland’s ambassador to Bulgaria Raymund Furrer speaks with smiling enthusiasm about this year’s 10th Allegra

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Archaeology: Glass vessels found in Bulgaria’s Chengene Skele Bay

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Bourgas

A total of 112 whole and fragmented glass vessels, likely dating back centuries, were found in June 2024 during underwater

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Archaeologists investigate graves found at Plovdiv’s Concrete Bridge reconstruction site

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

An archaeological investigation has begun after what local media have described as three ancient graves were found after the demolition

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House sales in Bulgaria dropped 3.8% in 2023 y/y – Eurostat

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of house sales in Bulgaria in 2023 was 3.8 per cent lower than in 2022, European Union statistics

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Exhibition ‘Landscapes, Alphabet’ by Bulgaria’s Pachev and Switzerland’s Burger opens on July 11

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “Landscapes, Alphabet”, a creative collaboration between Bulgarian fashion designer and lecturer Nikolay Pachev and Swiss painter Sarah

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