Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan continues campaign for mayoral candidate
The controversial Metropolitan of Plovdiv, Nikolai, has continued his campaign for a candidate in Bulgaria’s forthcoming mayoral elections, issuing an
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Bulgarian church Plovdiv Metropolitan in new controversy over political statements
Metropolitan Nikolai, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s largest diocese, Plovdiv, has generated new controversy with statements attacking national
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‘Maritsa Beach’ opens in Plovdiv ahead of One Architecture Week
Plovdiv may be just more than 250km from the seaside, but as of August 2 it will have its own
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Podcast: Groovy and liveable – Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019
On its way to its place as European Capital of Culture 2019, Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv is quite the happening
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GERB expels MP from parliamentary group over rival bid against party’s Plovdiv mayor
Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary party GERB has expelled MP Zdravko Dimitrov from its parliamentary group and called on him to quit
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Three couples marry on stage during opera performance in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
It is unusual for a wedding to have 3000 witnesses but even more so for it to take place on
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What’s On: US artist Brian Dailey’s Bulgaria in Democracy exhibition in Plovdiv opens on July 7
On the 25th anniversary of democracy in Bulgaria, United States artist Brian Dailey embarked on a photographic journey of the
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Bulgaria caught 336 motorists driving drunk in just one week
Bulgarian traffic police caught 336 motorists drink-driving in just a week, as the country took part in an EU-wide operation
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Archaeologists in Plovdiv uncover early Christian mosaics at Great Basilica site
Archaeologists working at the site of the Great Basilica, the largest early Christian church found in Bulgaria – believed to
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