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Bulgaria declares ‘Code Red’ dangerous weather warning for Bourgas

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

Bulgaria has declared a “Code Red” warning of very dangerous weather for the region of Bourgas on the Black Sea

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Battle lines in major cities in Bulgaria’s October 2015 mayoral elections

September 4, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

With seven weeks to go before the first round of Bulgaria’s mayoral and municipal elections on October 25 2015, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria cracks down on illegal seaside construction – of tents

July 30, 2015July 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Officials from Bulgaria’s Forestry Agency, Bourgas regional inspectorate of environment and water and police have begun raids against unlawful camping

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea Varna and Bourgas report drop in summer tourists

July 5, 2015July 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

At the height of the summer tourism season at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, hoteliers in Varna say tourist numbers are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police seize 15M leva fake branded goods at Black Sea resorts

July 5, 2015July 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna

Bulgarian police have seized merchanise and products worth about 15 million leva (about 7.65 million euro) illegally bearing famous-name trademarks

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria boosts police at Black Sea resorts ahead of peak summer season

July 3, 2015July 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff beaches, Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Bulgaria has seconded police from elsewhere in the country to Black Sea beach resorts including Sunny Beach and Golden Sands

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria caught 336 motorists driving drunk in just one week

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian traffic police caught 336 motorists drink-driving in just a week, as the country took part in an EU-wide operation

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Eighth annual Bourgas sand sculptures festival opens in July 2015

June 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The eighth annual Bourgas Sand Sculptures Festival is to open in the first week of July 2015 and continue until

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Bulgaria’s summer 2015 seaside tourist season officially opens

June 1, 2015June 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s Black Sea tourism season 2015 officially opened on June 1. At the central beach in Bourgas, the city on

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