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Bulgaria’s first electronic border control counters opened at Sofia Airport

August 28, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The first electronic border control desks in Bulgaria were opened at Sofia Airport’s Terminal 2 on August 28 2012. The

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Bulgaria News 

Relatives of Bourgas terrorist bombing victims visiting Bulgaria for commemorative ceremonies

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Relatives of the five Israeli citizens who died in a suicide bomb attack by an as-yet unidentified terrorist in Bourgas

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Bulgaria News 

Stanishev seeks to stop socialists seeing red over ‘socialism is like AIDS’ remark

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A strange saga in the past few days has re-exposed rifts inBulgaria’s opposition socialist party – and exposed the fact

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Booze cruising for a bruising at Bulgarian seaside resort

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign tourists in Bulgaria’s popular Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach are imbibing alcohol at astonishingly cheap prices – or

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Firefighters battle blazes in Bulgaria’s Rila Mountain, Serbia, Macedonia and Greece

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Firefighters in Bulgaria continued their struggle against the blaze in the Beli Bor area of the Rila Mountain on August

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Bulgaria cracks down on dodgy driving schools

August 27, 2012August 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have begun investigating misleading advertisements by driving schools that offer fees of 200 to 300 leva (about 100

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Bulgaria News 

New Italian ambassador to Bulgaria named

August 27, 2012August 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian media reports have identified career diplomat Marco Conticelli as the new Italian ambassador in Sofia, succeeding Stefano Benazzo. Conticelli

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Hoteliers in Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach complain about foreign tourist complaints

August 27, 2012August 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Hoteliers in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach say that shortcomings in legislation on the tourism industry expose them

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Seagulls at Riviera resort Golden Sands Bulgarian Black Sea coast photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
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The shape of summer 2012: Some notes on tourism in Bulgaria

August 27, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer tourism

Strolling the tourist area alleyways of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal resort of Golden Sands in August 2012, any passerby with

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