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Bulgaria elections 2015: Final results of first round in 10 largest cities

October 28, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

These are the official results of the October 25 2015 first round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s 10 largest cities

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Bulgaria elections 2015: The battle for Plovdiv – Phase II

October 26, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv will be a major political background, with the city the largest in the country to go

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2015 elections: Borissov’s GERB scores victory in most major cities, exit polls show

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party mayoral candidates had won the most votes in the country’s capital Sofia and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prepares for October 25 municipal and mayoral elections

October 23, 2015October 25, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia

Bulgarian political parties and coalitions were closing off their campaigns in the final days and hours ahead of the 24-hour

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: The battle for Plovdiv

October 22, 2015October 24, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

Voters in Plovdiv might be well advised to keep some time open on November 1 – conventional wisdom in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

German embassy marking 25 years of unification with running events in four Bulgarian cities

October 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The Germany embassy in Sofia is marking 25 years since the country’s unification on October 3 1990 with running events

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test alarm siren system in 11 cities on October 1

September 30, 2015October 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

The alarm system in 11 cities in Bulgaria and in places within the 30km zone around Kozloduy nuclear power station

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First Plovdiv wine route map published

September 27, 2015September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

Eight wineries in Plovdiv and the region, two institutions and Plovdiv municipality have created the first wine route map. The

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Bulgaria 

Traffic congestion likely as Bulgaria nears end of four-day long weekend

September 22, 2015September 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

More than 200 000 cars are expected to return to Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on September 22, the close of

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