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Bulgarian municipalities told to insure property against natural disasters

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved on August 29 a draft of amendments to the Municipal Property Act that will require all city

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Bourgas Airport employee arrested after silver jewellery stolen from tourist’s luggage

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A 25-year-old baggage handler at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport has been taken into custody by police after the handler allegedly stole

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German found murdered in Bulgaria’s Bourgas sea garden

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A 48-year-old German citizen was found dead at 3am on August 29 2012 in the sea garden area of Bulgaria’s

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Numbers of Syrian refugees strain neighbouring countries

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 Dorian Jones and Lisa Schlein of VOANews

The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Syrians fleeing to neighboring countries is swelling, signaling what could be

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From Lance Armstrong to Russian Arctic Oil: From accountability to impunity

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

There is a golden thread that links Lance Armstrong, the disgraced American cyclist, to the Greenpeace climbers clambering about the

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to sign movie co-production deal with Turkey

August 28, 2012August 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria and Turkey were due to sign on August 28 2012 an agreement on joint film productions, according to Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Art, classical music and jazz, theatre at Sozopol’s Apollonia Festival 2012

August 28, 2012August 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The 2012 Apollonia festival of the arts starts in Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea town of Sozopol on August 30, continuing

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Bulgaria Business News 

Improved infrastructure to boost Bulgaria’s tourism industry in 2013, hotel and restaurant body says

August 28, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s tourism industry expects a 10 to 15 per cent growth in tourism in 2013, mainly because of major infrastructure

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Beach at Lozenets on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
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Bulgarian Black Sea resorts cut prices after peak season passes

August 28, 2012August 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

With the end of August and the passing of the peak summer season, Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal resort hotels have

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