Bulgaria: Construction of Rousse – Veliko Turnovo motorway begins
A ceremony on December 3 marked the beginning of construction of Bulgaria’s 133km Rousse – Veliko Turnovo motorway. The motorway
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Bulgaria’s Rousse hard-hit by storm
A powerful storm in Bulgaria’s Danube River city of Rousse on June 6 resulted in extensive damage, with trees blown
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After mayor, two deputy mayors of Bulgaria’s Rousse test positive for new coronavirus
A day after it emerged that the mayor of Bulgaria’s Danube city of Rousse had tested positive for new coronavirus,
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Bulgaria’s Rousse closes municipal HQ for disinfection after mayor tests positive for Covid-19
The mayor of Bulgaria’s city of Rousse on the Danube, Pencho Milkov, has bronchial pneumonia and has tested positive for
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week five
To channel Highlander, Sunday is coming – and there can only be one. In Sofia and 18 other cities that
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week two
Campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections is at its midway point, with two more weeks to
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Rousse
In Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral elections, the contest in the Danube city of Rousse is one of the most interesting
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Orient Express visits Bulgaria’s cities of Rousse and Varna
The Venice-Simplon Orient Express, arguably the most famous luxury long-distance train in the world, visited Bulgaria’s Danube city of Rousse
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Bulgarian PM’s party names its Plovdiv mayoral candidate
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has named Plovdiv regional governor Zdravko Dimitrov as its candidate for mayor
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