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Traffic Police chief of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv fired

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Chief Inspector Dimitar Dimitrov has been fired as Plovdiv Traffic Police chief because of the high number of road deaths

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Bulgaria 

‘Largest outdoor ice rink in Balkans’ to open in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

November 20, 2019November 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

An outdoor ice rink billed as to be the largest in the Balkans – and certainly in Bulgaria – is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister: Visits by foreign tourists to Plovdiv up 6.5% in January-August 2019

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Visits by foreign tourists to Plovdiv, the Bulgarian city holding the European Capital of Culture 2019, were 6.5 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet appoints new regional governors of Plovdiv, Haskovo

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet, at a scheduled meeting on November 6, appointed new regional governors in Plovdiv and

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Bulgaria 

Major wine events in Sofia and Plovdiv in November 2019

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, wine

The ninth annual “Di Vino.Taste” Bulgaria wine forum is being held at the Inter Expo Centre in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week five

November 1, 2019November 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

To channel Highlander, Sunday is coming – and there can only be one. In Sofia and 18 other cities that

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Bulgaria 

BSP, Democratic Bulgaria decline to endorse either candidate in Plovdiv mayoral run-off election

October 31, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv

The Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Democratic Bulgaria coalition in Plovdiv have declined to endorse either candidate in the city’s

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Bulgaria 

In Bulgaria’s Plovdiv: A symposium on communist-era monuments

October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

With English as its working language, a symposium is to be held in Plovdiv – Bulgaria’s second city and current

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Bulgaria 

Mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s large cities pursue endorsements ahead of run-off elections

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Spare a thought for Mladen Mladenov, Iliya Zyumbilev and Milena Dimitrova. Few else may. In the October 27 mayoral elections

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