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Narrative: Snow in Sofia

October 5, 2012October 4, 2012 David Clark

The sky darkens, slowly at first, and then with growing impatience. The gathering gloom, envelopes the city. The pregnant clouds

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Lost in Time – a Vidin village

October 5, 2012October 4, 2012 David Clark

As I settled myself comfortably on the low wooden bench, shaded from the burning sun by the tangled leaves of

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President awards outgoing Japanese ambassador Bulgaria’s highest honour

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony at the Presidency at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard in Sofia on October 3 2012, outgoing Japanese ambassador to

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Bulgarian Miroslav Penkov wins £15 000 BBC International Short Story Award

October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian author Miroslav Penkov has won the £15 000 BBC International Short Story Award for his story ‘East of the West’. The announcement

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Charity pub quiz in aid of Cedar Foundation

September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Globe may report, in all modesty, that the Charity Pub Quiz held on September 26 2012 at JJ

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US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria outlines priorities in video greeting

September 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

US ambassador-designate in Sofia, Marcie B Ries, outlined her priorities in office in a video posted by the US embassy

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Cedar Foundation pub quiz on September 26

September 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Cedar Foundation in partnership with the Hilton in the Community Foundation and Cleves is organising another pub quiz to

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Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting appoints Didier Stoessel as CEO

August 14, 2012August 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group said on August 14 that it appointed Didier Stoessel as chief executive officer effective immediately. He

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President confers Stara Planina awards on outgoing Belgian, Italian ambassadors

August 1, 2012August 1, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony on July 31 2012, President Rossen Plevneliev conferred Bulgaria’s highest state honour, the Stara Planina, on two

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