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Bulgaria’s Transport Minister: 4B leva needed to carry out strategic railway projects

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The budget necessary to implement all strategic railway projects in Bulgaria after 2021 is four billion leva (about two billion

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European Music Festival 2019 begins in Sofia on March 21: From Vladigerov to Vivaldi

March 18, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Music Festival 2019, part of Sofia municipality’s cultural events calendar and co-organised by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture,

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National Council of Religious Communities in Bulgaria condemns terrorist attack on mosques in New Zealand

March 17, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The National Council of Religious Communities in Bulgaria has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on two mosques in the New

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Contemporary children’s book illustrations from the UK exhibited at Sofia’s ‘Kvadrat 500’

March 17, 2019March 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “Drawing Words”, of contemporary children’s book illustrations from the UK, is on at the National Gallery’s “Kvadrat

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Sofia City Art Gallery showing selection of video art works

March 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of a selection from the collection of video art works of the Sofia City Art Gallery is on

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Chief Health Inspector: 124 measles cases in Bulgaria

March 16, 2019March 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

There are currently 124 cases of measles in Bulgaria, chief state health inspector Angel Kunchev said on March 16, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Interior Ministry: Investigations continuing into Christchurch attack accused’s trip in Bulgaria

March 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Brenton Tarrant, charged with murder following the shooting attack on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, visited

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry: 17 municipalities in serious financial difficulties

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventeen municipalities in Bulgaria were in serious financial difficulties at the close of 2018, four fewer than the year before,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s national co-ordinator against antisemitism holds talks with US State Department Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, who is the National Co-ordinator for Combating Antisemitism, has held talks in Washington DC

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