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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What’s On: ‘Meeting with an Egyptian priest’ exhibition from Louvre opens at Plovdiv Archaeological Museum on June 18
A 2600-year-old statue depicting an Egyptian priest will be delivered to the Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv, accompanied by a further
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What’s On: One Design Week, in Plovdiv from June 19 to 28
International festival of design and visual culture One Design Week returns to Plovdiv from June 19 to 28 2015. One
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What’s On: 2015 ‘Opera Open’ in Plovdiv from June 19 to July 22
Plovdiv State Opera is to present “Opera Open”, a programme of five performances, from June 19 to July 22 2015
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The sugar-sprinkler, and other strange tales of Bulgaria’s mayors
In Bulgaria, the mayor’s chair sometimes is not easy to occupy – especially, for instance, if it has been seized
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