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Police in Bulgaria’s Bourgas hold British armed robbery suspect with 53 identities

March 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Police in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas have arrested a 41-year-old British citizen wanted in the UK on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s measles outbreak: First cases in Plovdiv and Bourgas reported

March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv

The first two cases of measles in Bulgaria’s cities of Plovdiv and Bourgas amid the recent outbreak of the disease

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Bulgaria 

World’s largest private residential ship to visit Bulgaria’s Bourgas in May 2021

February 18, 2019February 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

MS The World, described as the largest privately-owned residential yacht, will visit Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Bourgas for three

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Bulgaria 

Controversy in Bulgaria over billboards promoting tolerance towards same-sex couples

December 14, 2018December 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna

Billboards promoting tolerance towards same-sex couples, put up in various Bulgarian cities, have been targeted by vandalism and public outrage.

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Bulgaria 

EU grants 293M euro from Cohesion Fund to upgrade Bulgaria’s Plovdiv – Bourgas railway connection

November 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, Bourgas, Plovdiv

The European Union is investing more than 293 million euro from the Cohesion Fund in a more modern, faster and safer railway

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Bulgaria 

‘Code Orange’ dangerous weather warning for five districts in Bulgaria for October 1 (Updated)

September 30, 2018October 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Greece

A “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather has been issued by Bulgaria’s authorities for five districts in the eastern part

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bourgas warns of danger of spread of West Nile virus after woman shows symptoms

September 1, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The municipality of Bourgas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea has issued a warning that there is potential danger of the spread

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Bulgaria 

EP’s budget committee approves 34M euro in EU aid to Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Lithuania

August 30, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bourgas, European Parliament

EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) aid worth 34 million euro, to support reconstruction in Greece, Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria following natural

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria acts against heavy fuel oil spill from sunken ship off Sozopol

August 13, 2018August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Special barriers have been placed in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast off Sozopol after authorities were alerted that heavy fuel oil

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