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EU funds for projects at Bulgaria’s Perperikon, Kremikovsky Monastery, Hissarya

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Kremikovsky Monastery, Perperikon and the Thermae of Ancient Diocletianopolis (present-day Hissarya) are among the sites where projects are to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cinemania international film festival opens in November 2019

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

There will be 56 premieres and showing of acclaimed films at the Cinemania international film festival in Sofia, which opens

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM among 17 European leaders to adopt Prague Declaration supporting Cohesion Policy

November 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was among 17 European leaders, members of the “Friends of Cohesion” group, to adopt a

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of treasures from Bulgaria’s Veliki Preslav opens in Sofia on November 6

November 5, 2019November 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition entitled “At the Gates of the Royal Court – Treasures of Veliki Preslav” opens at the National Archaeological

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in second place in EU in recycling plastic packaging waste – Eurostat

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the second-highest rate in the European Union in recycling plastic packaging waste in 2017, EU statistics agency Eurostat

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The votes for No One (or, Dr Fell)

November 4, 2019November 5, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

The second round of Bulgaria’s mayoral elections is over, and thus, all of the mayoral elections. In those places where

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After Bulgaria’s 2019 mayoral elections: A scorecard

November 4, 2019December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

With the Central Election Commission having announced all ballots tallied, both rounds of Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections are over, bar

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader on elections results: GERB is ‘eroding’ in local government

November 4, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Kornelia Ninova, said on November 4 that the outcome of the

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General requests probe after Russophile leader accused of spying allowed to leave Bulgaria

November 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Prosecutor-General has alerted the Inspectorate of the Supreme Judicial Council and the head of the Special Criminal Court after

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