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Borissov: State will give Plovdiv 20M leva for European Capital of Culture 2019

May 30, 2017May 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s government will grant Plovdiv a sum of 20 million leva (about 10.26 million euro) for its place as European

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors lodge two charges against mayor of Bulgarian town of Assenovgrad

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv District Prosecutor’s Office has lodged two charges, of misappropriating large sums of money and of signing false documents,

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Bulgaria 

Mayor of Bulgaria’s Assenovgrad municipality taken into custody a week after chief architect arrested

May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

In an operation by the Bulgarian Special Prosecutor’s Office and the State Agency for National Security, the mayor of Assenovgrad

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv District Court sentences man to four years in jail for Tobacco Town warehouses fire

May 25, 2017May 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv District Court sentenced Lyubomir Danchev (44) to four years in jail on May 25 2017, finding him guilty of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s environment minister orders check of air quality in village of Trud, long scene of protests over stench from biomass plant

May 25, 2017May 26, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s Minister of Environment and Water, Neno Dimov, has ordered an inspection of the quality of the ambient air in

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Leisure 

Opera Open 2017 summer festival is on in Plovdiv from June 10 to July 29

May 21, 2017May 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Virtuoso Mario Hossen, Quartetto di Arena di Verona, Michel Denueve, and mezzo soprano Nicole Brandolino together with soloists, orchestra, choir

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Bulgaria 

Saga of unexploded bombs in Plovdiv residential district continues

May 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Residents of Plovdiv’s Trakiya residential district have had a few days of anxiety after a succession of unexploded bombs was

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Video: Bulgaria’s village of Trud – a bio plant, allegations of smell, noise and dead bees

May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria Now Channel in conjunction with https://sofiaglobe.com is hosted by Lance Nelson and in this video, Miro and Nikolai part

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Dozens of square metres of mosaic flooring from Plovdiv’s Great Basilica already restored

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Restoration work on mosaic flooring from the site of Plovdiv’s Great Basilica archaeological site continued throughout this past winter, to

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