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US ambassador hosts reception in honour of launch of The Sofia Globe

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

United States ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick hosted a reception on June 13 2012 in honour of the launch of

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Bulgaria News People 

QBP celebration at UK ambassador’s residence in Sofia

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

UK ambassador Jonathan Allen and his wife Elizabeth hosted an extremely well-attended celebration of the Queen’s Birthday Party at the

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People 

Dutch Euro 2012 party at J.J. Murphy in Sofia

June 11, 2012June 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Dutch expats and local supporters of The Netherlands football team gathered at J.J. Murphy’s pub in Sofia on June 10

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Bulgaria promotes its investment appeal despite downturn

June 11, 2012 Alex Bivol

Odd as it may sound, the seemingly endless economic malaise enveloping Europe has not dimmed the appetite for investment in

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Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the country's second city
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Metropolitan Nikolai condemns Lady Gaga

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Just days after Lady Gaga was prevented from performing in Indonesia after local Muslim fundamentalists labelled her a devil, she

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Bulgaria News People 

Controversial businessman charged with making death threats

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Alex Bivol

Lovech-based businessman Grisha Ganchev is often mentioned in Bulgarian media as “an emblematic figure of Bulgaria’s transition”. The precise meaning

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People 

All for one: The Valya Krushkina campaign

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The campaign to raise funds to pay for the treatment of Bulgarian National Television (BNT) journalist Valya Krushkina’s malignant cancer

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Bulgaria People 

Kosovo’s first ambassador to Bulgaria hosts farewell

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

Ariana Zherka-Hoxha, who in April 2010 became Kosovo’s first ambassador in Sofia, hosted a farewell reception on May 23 2012,

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People 

Pashkevich ‘Politecology’ exhibition at Sofia’s National Gallery of Foreign Art

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition of work in the series entitled Politecology by Russian artist Andrei Pashkevich opened on May 31 at Sofia’s

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