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Weather forecast: Heat wave in Bulgaria over weekend

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Temperature highs in Bulgaria were expected to once again exceed 40 degrees Celsius on August 24 as the heat wave

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Recriminations fly in case of Bulgarian sailors arrested in Spain

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Relatives of the sailors from the crew of a Bulgarian ship seized by Spanish authorities with a cargo of three

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Foreign tourists not affected by Bulgarian tour operator bankruptcy – official

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian tourism officials said on August 23 that the brewing crisis involving about 1000 foreign tourists who had bought holiday

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Bulgarian border police detain 10 Syrians attempting illegal border crossing from Turkey

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian border police arrested 10 Syrians and a Turkish citizen accompanying them after the group was spotted attempting an illegal

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Bulgaria’s new Rila blaze amid fires sweeping South Eastern Europe

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A fire that broke out at 1400m in Bulgaria’s Rila mountain on August 23 – the second such blaze at

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Construction of first phase of Skopje – Sofia rail link ‘to begin in 2013’

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Macedonia’s government, having been given 46.4 million euro financing by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, plans to start

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Bulgaria to open further 17km of Trakiya motorway linking Sofia and Bourgas

August 23, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

A further 17 kilometres of the Trakiya Motorway, from Yambol to Petolachkata near the town of Sliven, will open this

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Soaring fuel prices prompt Bulgarian bus transport companies to mull price increases

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Transport companies in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv region are considering a further increase in long-distance bus ticket prices because of the country’s

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Bulgaria’s taxi fares to increase, association says

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Taxi fares will increase by about 20 stotinki (about 10 euro cents) a kilometre after not having been hiked for

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