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Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Governing coalition’s parties rival mayoral candidates

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2023, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

With the September 26 deadline for nominations looming, the names of the mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s four largest cities put

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Bulgaria 

Row over plan to spend 671M leva on new buses, trams and trolleybuses for Bulgaria’s capital

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A Democratic Bulgaria city councillor has hit out at a plan proposed by councillors from Sofia municipality’s GERB group to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Relocating Soviet Army Monument a priority, Sofia administration says

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The relocation of the Soviet Army Monument is among the priority issues on which the Sofia district administration is working,

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Bulgaria 

Heatwave in Bulgaria: Sofia municipality urges public to stay indoors on July 25

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

With yet another day of soaring temperatures looming amid the northern hemisphere’s heatwave, the municipality in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Military participates in civil defence exercise in Bulgaria’s capital on May 28

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Defence Ministry personnel are taking part in a full-scale disaster response exercise by Sofia municipality in the Bulgarian capital city’s

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Leisure 

3D mapping show ‘Together’ on Europe Day in Bulgaria’s capital

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A 3D mapping show entitled “Together” will be part of celebrations of Europe Day, May 9, in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Bulgaria 

European prosecutors probe possible corruption, EU funds abuse in Bulgaria’s capital

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is carrying out searches on March 31 in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Sofia city council votes to ask for Soviet Army Monument to be moved from city centre

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

Sofia city council voted on March 9 to instruct mayor Yordanka Fandukova to ask the state to move the Soviet

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Bulgaria 

Moving of Soviet Army Monument in Bulgaria’s capital on city council agenda

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Sofia

The removal of the Soviet Army Monument from its place in the centre of Bulgaria’s capital city has been added

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