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Almost half of schools in Bulgaria closed because of severe winter weather

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, Varna

Heavy snowfalls and difficult road conditions have led to almost half of the schools in Bulgaria being closed, according to

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Bulgaria 

Army assists in snow-clearing in northern Bulgaria for a third day

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Personnel and equipment from Bulgaria’s 55th Engineering Regiment were continuing, for a third day, to assist the population in the

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Bulgaria 

Snowfall, freezing temperatures in Bulgaria again close some schools, part of motorway

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia

Schools in Bulgaria’s Black Sea cities of Varna and Bourgas were closed on February 28 because of severe winter weather

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Bulgaria 

Three Nato ships conducting Black Sea patrols visit Bulgaria’s Bourgas

February 10, 2018February 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Nato

Three Nato ships currently conducting patrols in the Black Sea are visiting Bulgaria’s port city of Bourgas from February 9

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemics declared, closing schools in Varna, Rousse and four other Bulgarian districts

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Schools have been closed in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna, Rousse on the Danube, and in four other districts

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemics declared in Sofia region, Bourgas, other parts of Bulgaria

January 24, 2018January 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia

A flu epidemic has been declared in Bulgaria’s Sofia region – though not in the capital city itself – and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross raises funds for Bourgas flood victims, government giving 2M leva

October 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The Bulgarian Red Cross has begun a fundraising initiative for the victims of the floods in the Bourgas region in

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Bulgaria 

Search continues for woman missing in fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

October 26, 2017October 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Search efforts were continuing on October 26 to a find a woman who went missing the day before in flooding

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Bulgaria 

Floods in Bourgas: Three dead, houses and streets flooded, mudslide on Trakiya Motorway

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Torrential rainfall that hit the Bourgas district on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has left three people dead, houses, streets and

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