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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Clear winners in nine city mayor races, question mark in Varna

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Mayoral elections in nine cities in Bulgaria on October 27 have produced clear winners, while final results are awaited to

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The drama in Varna

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Varna

By the late afternoon of the day after voters in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna went to the polls

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Sofia mayoral election run-off: Democratic Bulgaria endorses neither Fandukova nor Manolova

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Leaders of the reformist Democratic Bulgaria coalition told a news conference on October 28 that in the November 3 Sofia

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Bas-relief in Plovdiv Palace of Justice honours Dimitar Peshev

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

At a ceremony on October 28, a bas-relief honouring Dimitar Peshev, who played a key role 76 years ago in

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Winter schedule for Bulgaria’s Black Sea airports of Varna and Bourgas announced

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

The winter timetable for flights to and from Fraport Twin Star Airport Management’s airports at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Varna

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Low-cost airline Eurowings begins Germany – Sofia flights

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Low-cost German airlines Eurowings has begun regular flights connecting two cities in Germany with Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia. The inaugural

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: In Plovdiv, mayoral election runoff between Dimitrov and Atanassov

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv

Mayoral elections in Plovdiv will go to a second round on November 3, with a contest between GERB candidate Zdravko

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Central European Media Enterprises, including Bulgaria’s bTV, to be acquired by PPF

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd, which includes Bulgaria’s bTV media group, announced on October 27 that it had entered into

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: In Plovdiv, waiting for the fat lady

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019

In Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, mayoral elections are not a simple matter. It was so, not for the first time,

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