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Two Israeli films at 2019 Sofia International Film Festival

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Two films from Israel are being screened at the 2019 Sofia International Film Festival, the embassy said. The films are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on Electoral Code amendments

March 6, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted on March 6 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s Electoral Code in

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Bulgaria and North Macedonia to hold joint exhibition in Skopje of Trebeništa archaeological discoveries

March 6, 2019March 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on March 6 a draft agreement between the ministries of culture of Bulgaria and the Republic of

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Bulgaria granted citizenship to 914 people in 2017, down 44% – Eurostat

March 6, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 914 people in 2017, a figure 44 per cent lower than in 2016, European Union statistics

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Bulgaria’s first ambassador to Saudi Arabia arrives in Riyadh

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Dimitar Abadzhiev, the newly-appointed Bulgarian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has arrived in Riyadh, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said on

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Bulgaria’s mountain resort Bansko bans construction of new nightclubs, casinos – report

March 6, 2019March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The municipality of Bansko, one of Bulgaria’s three largest ski resorts, has voted an ordinance banning the construction of more

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Bulgaria 

‘Legend of the Lake’, ballet to music by Vladigerov, premieres in Sofia on March 15

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

“Legend of the Lake”, a ballet to the music of renowned Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov with a libretto by Donvena

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Bulgaria 

‘Walking on Water’ documentary about Christo’s Floating Piers to be shown at Sofia Film Fest

March 5, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

“Walking on Water”, Andrey Paounov’s documentary about Bulgarian-born artist Christo’s Floating Piers project, is to be shown on March 7,

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Bulgaria’s measles outbreak: First cases in Plovdiv and Bourgas reported

March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv

The first two cases of measles in Bulgaria’s cities of Plovdiv and Bourgas amid the recent outbreak of the disease

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