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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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Europe 

Matera to be 2019 European Capital of Culture in Italy

October 18, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The selection panel of independent experts responsible for assessing the Italian cities competing to be European Capital of Culture in

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Bulgaria 

Thermal cameras scan for Ebola at Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Airport

October 17, 2014October 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Strict security measures have been introduced at the airport at Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv in response to the Ebola disease.

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Bulgaria 

Siren alarm system to be tested in several Bulgarian cities on October 13

October 12, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Civil defence sirens will sound in Sofia and several other Bulgarian cities and towns on October 13 2014 at 1pm

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Bulgaria 

Some Bulgarian cities to restrict sale of alcohol on October 5 election day

October 3, 2014October 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

There will be varying restrictions on the sale of alcohol on and around Bulgaria’s election day on October 5 in

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