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First of new trains for Sofia’s third metro line have been delivered

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The first of 20 new trains that will be used on Bulgarian capital city Sofia’s third metro line have arrived,

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Bulgaria 

Traffic restrictions on central Sofia streets due to repairs

June 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Despite the recent heavy rainfall and the medium-term forecast for more rain, Sofia city hall plans to go ahead with

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Bulgaria 

Sofia dries out after deluge floods hundreds of buildings, underpasses and metro stations

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Emergency services in Bulgarian capital Sofia received more than 900 reports of flooding in buildings, while water cascaded into some

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Bulgaria 

Summer 2018: Bulgarian railways has shortfall of sleeping car tickets on trains to the coast

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, tourism, Varna

Just as the summer holiday season begins to pick up speed, getting a place in a Bulgarian railways sleeping car

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Among EU capitals, residents of Sofia least satisfied with city’s sports facilities

June 14, 2018June 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, Sofia

Only 38 per cent of residents of Bulgarian capital Sofia thought that the city’s sports facilities were good enough, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offers 1930s steam train excursion between Sofia and Bankya on June 2

May 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering two excursions on a train pulled by a restored 1935 steam locomotive between Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Traffic restrictions in Sofia for EU-Western Balkans summit on May 16-17

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall said that it was imposing traffic restrictions in several central areas of the city on May 16-17,

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Exhibition ‘Bernini and the Roman Baroque – the Language of Modernity’ opens on May 15

May 13, 2018May 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Bernini and the Roman Baroque – the Language of Modernity” opens at the Palace of the National

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Bulgaria 

‘Shalom’ condemns Bulgarian special prosecutor’s ‘global power’ slur on World Jewish Congress over arrest of mayor

April 18, 2018April 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has expressed deep concern about a statement at a news conference by

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