Residents of Bulgarian village Trud again protest over foul air
Residents of the village of Trud, about 10km from Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, this week held their latest protest against
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Bulgarian government approves 7M leva transfer to Plovdiv for European Capital of Culture 2019
At a regular meeting on June 8, Bulgaria’s coalition government approved the financial transfer for 2017, amounting to seven million
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Archaeology: Mediaeval necropolis with 40 graves found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Archaeologists working in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found a necropolis dating from the Middle Ages. The site, with 40
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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv opens new tourist information centre
A modern information centre for tourists opens in Bulgaria’s second city, and future European Capital of Culture, Plovdiv on June
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Archaeology: Further 400 sq m of mosaics, 65 graves uncovered at Plovdiv’s Great Basilica site
A further 400 square metres of mosaics and 65 graves have been uncovered since the beginning of the 2017 archaeological
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Borissov: State will give Plovdiv 20M leva for European Capital of Culture 2019
Bulgaria’s government will grant Plovdiv a sum of 20 million leva (about 10.26 million euro) for its place as European
Read moreProsecutors lodge two charges against mayor of Bulgarian town of Assenovgrad
The Plovdiv District Prosecutor’s Office has lodged two charges, of misappropriating large sums of money and of signing false documents,
Read moreMayor of Bulgaria’s Assenovgrad municipality taken into custody a week after chief architect arrested
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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Plovdiv District Court sentences man to four years in jail for Tobacco Town warehouses fire
Plovdiv District Court sentenced Lyubomir Danchev (44) to four years in jail on May 25 2017, finding him guilty of
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