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Bulgaria’s local elections: Alpha Research poll shows Fandukova with very narrow lead in Sofia mayoral race

October 9, 2019October 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Results of a poll by the Alpha Research agency released on October 9 show incumbent Sofia mayor and GERB candidate

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Campaigning in Sofia mayoral elections begins

September 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Official campaigning in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in Sofia has begun, with 20 candidates vying to be first citizen

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Refusal of Ivancheva’s candidacy for Sofia mayor overturned

September 28, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has overturned a ruling by the Sofia municipal election commission that barred former Mladost district

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Sofia has begun

September 25, 2019September 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The official campaign period in Bulgaria’s 2019 municipal elections begins on September 27, but in capital city Sofia, the race

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Foreign ambassadors among those honoured on Day of Sofia

September 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Eric Rubin, former United States ambassador to Bulgaria, was among those named an honorary citizen of Bulgaria’s capital city on

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‘Serdica is my Rome’ festival in Bulgaria’s capital on September 21, 22

September 16, 2019September 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A festival entitled “Serdica is my Rome” is to be held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on September 21 and

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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia hosting Festival of Religions on September 19

September 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A festive concert dedicated to understanding, respect and co-operation among the six Abrahamic religious communities is to be held on

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Exhibition ‘Sofia: From the first tramway to the last metro stop’ opens on September 11

September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Sofia: From the first tramway to the last metro stop” opens to the public at the Sofia

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Central Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia celebrating 110 years since inauguration

September 8, 2019September 15, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

September 9 marks the 110th anniversary of Sofia Central Synagogue, the building that is the spiritual home of the Bulgarian

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