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The Yunak 1200-square metre open-air ice rink is to open next to Vassil Levski metro station in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on December 1 2021, organisers said. The ice rink […]
The line-up for the Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2021, being held from October 29 to 31, includes Grammy award winners Antonio Sánchez and Grammy winner Brad Mehldau’s Trio. Four-time Grammy winner […]
There is a ban on the sale of alcohol in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv on July 11, parliamentary election day. Imposed by mayor Zdravko Dimitrov, the ban, covering the sale, […]
Of the close to 200 000 people in Bulgaria who changed address within the country in 2020, more than 21 000 chose Plovdiv district as their new place of residence, […]
The Bishop’s Basilica of Philippopolis, site of a Christian church estimated to date from the fourth century and which boasts 2000 square metres of beautiful mosaics, opens to the public […]
Pulmed hospital in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has a “green corridor” for Covid-19 vaccinations, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for all comers. The “green corridor”, offering […]
Plovdiv mayor Zdravko Dimitrov has banned the sale, serving and consumption of alcohol in public catering establishments and other public places on April 4, the day of Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections. […]
For two weeks from March 15, pupils in the fifth to 12th grades in the Plovdiv will go over to distance learning instead of in-person classes, the regional crisis headquarters […]
Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has extended the deadline for bids in the concession tender for Plovdiv Airport until March 24, a notice on the ministry’s tender website said. The previous deadline […]
The drive for mass vaccinations against Covid-19 in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv hit a snag on February 22 because of a shortage of vaccines to be administered by general practitioners, […]
