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Japanese Noh plays coming to Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in September 2019

September 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A newly-created Japanese Nohn play “Orpheus” and the classical “The Feather Mantle” and “The Ground Spider” will be presented on

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Bulgaria 

Smuggled archaeological items to be returned from Germany to Bulgaria

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony in Berlin on September 19, Bulgaria’s Culture Minister Boil Banov was to be handed archaeological finds acquired

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research: Critical attitude to Bulgaria’s government rising, opposition not gaining

September 18, 2019September 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular quarterly opinion poll by Bulgaria’s Alpha Research agency shows a rise in critical attitudes towards the quality and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria signs gas grid capacity expansion contract with Saudi firm Arkad

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz said on September 18 that it has signed a contract to design and build the

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Bulgaria 

Espionage allegations: Bulgarian PM denies ties with Russia have deteriorated

September 18, 2019September 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Relations between Bulgaria and Russia have not deteriorated, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September 18, eight days after

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv votes large fines for drinking in public, violating noise rules

September 18, 2019September 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The municipal council in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has amended public order regulations to provide for a fine of 100

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force MiGs in joint exercise with Romania, Canada

September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jets from Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base are taking part in the joint exercise Blue

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria court confirms watchdog decision on gas grid capacity expansion contract

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has dismissed the appeal against the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) decision that re-instated Saudi

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Bulgaria 

Foreign ambassadors among those honoured on Day of Sofia

September 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Eric Rubin, former United States ambassador to Bulgaria, was among those named an honorary citizen of Bulgaria’s capital city on

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