European Court of Human Rights orders Bulgaria to pay record 462 000 euro damages in Plovdiv ‘Blue House’ case
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Bulgaria to pay a record 462 000 euro damages to be distributed
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Accidental archaeology: Roman ruins found under ‘illegally’ demolished house in Plovdiv
Ruins of part of a Roman neighbourhood have been found after what is alleged to have been the illegal demolition
Read morePresident Radev on Soviet monuments: It’s up to the Bulgarian foreign ministry to respond to the Russian foreign ministry
There is a clear protocol, that the Bulgarian foreign ministry should respond to the Russian foreign ministry, Bulgarian President Roumen
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemns daubing of Nazi, anti-Semitic slogans on Soviet monument in Plovdiv
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the act of vandalism against the Alyosha monument in Plovdiv that saw
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Alyosha Soviet soldier monument in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv daubed with anti-Semitic, anti-Russian graffiti
The Alyosha monument in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has been daubed with numerous anti-Semitic, anti-Russian and anti-communist messages. The spraying
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Two managers in court over attempted demolition of historic warehouse in Plovdiv’s Tobacco Town
Business people Georgi Branekov and Alexander Nikolic appeared in Plovdiv District Court on November 9 2017 to face charges in
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Residents and businesses in Plovdiv’s Old Town protest against new barrier rules
Residents and business people in the historic Old Town architectural reserve in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv protested on November 1
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Archaeologists start excavations of Eastern Gate of Philippopolis in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
A team of archaeologists headed by Maya Martinova is beginning work on excavations of the Eastern Gate of Philippopolis site
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Muslims in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv share ashure in traditional month of Muharram celebration
The Muslim community in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv shared out ashure, a traditional Turkish dessert popular in several Balkan countries,
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