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German Christmas markets to be held in Sofia and Plovdiv

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

A traditional German Christmas market is to be held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia for the fifth consecutive year, opening

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Meet the mayors

November 3, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

These are the mayors of Bulgarian cities and towns, declared elected after the October 25 and November 1 2015 elections.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Parties challenge results in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna

November 3, 2015November 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Political parties whose candidates lost in mayoral elections in three of Bulgaria’s largest cities are mounting various challenges to the

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Bulgaria 

Patriotic Front to say on November 3 whether it will seek annulment of Plovdiv mayoral election

November 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

The nationalist Patriotic Front, which nominated Slavcho Atanassov as its candidate for mayor of Plovdiv, will announce in the National

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv’s political drama, Act 2, scene three

November 2, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

Plovdiv is to be European Capital of Culture in 2019, but on the long, long night of November 1 2015

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015 second round: Drama over result in Plovdiv

November 1, 2015November 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

Initial exit polls after voting ended in a mayoral election runoff on November 1 in Plovdiv showed GERB candidate and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians vote in November 1 second round of mayoral elections

November 1, 2015November 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia

Voters in several Bulgarian cities and in towns and villages across the country returned to polling stations on November 1

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cities and towns head to second round of municipal elections on November 1

October 30, 2015November 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Voters in a large number of Bulgarian cities and towns are being called back to the ballot boxes on November

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Parties take sides in the battle for Plovdiv

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

In the days remaining to the run-off between GERB’s Ivan Totev and the Patriotic Front’s Slavcho Atanassov in the mayoral

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