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Foreign wines outnumber Bulgarian in competition at 2014 Vinaria in Plovdiv

March 13, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The annual Vinaria international exhibition of vine and wine in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is, for the first time,

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Bulgaria 

Football fan clubs distance themselves from attack on Plovdiv mosque

February 20, 2014February 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Football fan clubs in Plovdiv have sought to distance themselves from the anti-Islamic mob attack on the Dzhumbaya mosque in

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Bulgaria 

Football fan clubs in Plovdiv offer to pay for damage to Dzhumaya Mosque

February 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Representatives of the two major football team supporters’ clubs in Plovdiv have offered to pay for the costs of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President, head of government speak out against ethnic tension

February 18, 2014February 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has spoken out strongly against escalation of ethnic tension in the country in recent days, calling

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv mosque attack: Fallout continues

February 17, 2014February 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

After the February 14 attack on a Plovdiv mosque by a mob made up largely of football fan club members,

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Bulgaria 

Attackers of Plovdiv mosque fined for hooliganism

February 17, 2014February 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The first four people involved in a February 14 2014 mob attack on the historic Dzhumaya mosque in Plovdiv have

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Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador ‘concerned’ over attack on Plovdiv mosque

February 15, 2014February 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Turkish ambassador to Bulgaria, Süleyman Gökçe, has expressed concern at the attack on the Dzhumaya mosque in Plovdiv by

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Bulgaria 

Anti-Islamic mob of ‘football fans’ smashes windows of Plovdiv mosque

February 14, 2014February 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Hurling paving stones, rocks and fireworks, a large mob of protesters – many of them from football fan clubs –

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 3.7 on Richter scale 27km from Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

An earthquake of 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded at 7.04am on January 29 2014 about 11km from Perushtitsa

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