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Bulgaria scores record-high second place in Eurovision 2017

May 14, 2017May 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Kristian Kostov and his song Beautiful Mess took Bulgaria to a record-high second place in the 2017 Eurovision song contest

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Bulgaria Videos 

Video: Bulgarian tourism, a government-to-be, the Sofia Science Festival and Eurovision

May 2, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria Now, Eurovision, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Sofia Science Festival, tourism

Bulgaria turned in a healthy growth in tourism figures in the first three months of 2017, while a new elected

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Leisure World 

Russia pulls out of Eurovision 2017 song contest in Kyiv after entrant barred by Ukraine over Crimea wrangle

April 13, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision, Russia, Ukraine

Russia has pulled out of 2017 Eurovision in Kyiv after Ukraine refused to allow Russian contestant Julia Samoylova to travel

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Europe 

Ukraine bars Russia entry from Eurovision Song Contest 2017

March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 Deutsche Welle Eurovision, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine has barred Russia’s Eurovision contestant from entering the country because she previously performed in Crimea. Relations between the neighbors

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Leisure 

Bulgaria names Kristian Kostov as its contestant in Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv

March 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Bulgarian young pop star and X Factor finalist Kristian Kostov is to represent the country at the Eurovision song contest

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Europe 

Kyiv wins right to host Eurovision

September 9, 2016 The Kyiv Post Eurovision, Ukraine

It’s official: Kyiv will host the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian Organization Committee picked Kyiv over Odesa and Dnipro

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria chooses Junior Eurovision 2016 contestant

June 12, 2016June 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Ten-year-old Lidiya Ganeva of Plovdiv was chosen on June 11 to represent Bulgaria at the 2016 Junior Eurovision song contest, to

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Europe 

Ukraine wins 2016 Eurovision song contest

May 15, 2016May 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Ukraine’s Jamala and her song 1944 won the 2016 Eurovision song contest final in Sweden’s capital city Stockholm on May

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Poli Genova voted into Eurovision 2016 finals

May 13, 2016May 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Bulgaria’s 2016 Eurovision contestant Poli Genova and her number “Love is a Crime” were voted into the finals of the song

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