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What’s On: Yoan Leviev self-portraits at Sofia City Art Gallery, January 27 – March 3

January 24, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

An exhibition of self-portraits by Plovdiv artist Yoan Leviev is to be held at the Sofia City Art Gallery in

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Business 

Regional offices of Invest Bulgaria Agency, SME promotion agency to be set up in Plovdiv

January 19, 2015January 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Regional offices of the Invest Bulgaria Agency and the Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises are

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Bulgaria 

Man arrested after attempted arson of Plovdiv mosque

January 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Police in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv arrested a 31-year-old man who attempted an arson attack on the city’s historic Dzhumaya mosque. The

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Perspectives 

2014 in Bulgaria: In other news…

December 31, 2014January 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Some other news items from Bulgaria in 2014, that were not necessarily about politics or protests, a pipeline or the

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Leisure 

What’s On: German Christmas Market opens in Plovdiv on November 29

November 27, 2014November 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv will feature a traditional German Christmas Market on the city’s Stefan Stambolov Square near the municipal headquarters from November

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new government changes almost all country’s regional governors

November 26, 2014November 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv, Sofia

Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition cabinet headed by Boiko Borissov has, close to three weeks after taking office, replaced 24 of the

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Bulgaria 

Arrests in Bulgarian police operation against ‘radical Islam’ in four cities and towns

November 25, 2014November 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, police and gendamerie had by the early afternoon of November 25 arrested at least

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Bulgaria 

Construction of Plovdiv’s new zoo begins

November 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Construction of Plovdiv’s new zoo started on November 24, a 4.5 million leva project that will quadruple the size of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv shocked by mass poisoning of cats – reports

November 21, 2014November 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Animal lovers in Plovdiv have been outraged by widespread poisoning of cats in recent days. Poison, placed in cheap mince

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