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Traffic restrictions on central Sofia thoroughfare due to Metro construction

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Major infrastructure works have become a routine cause of congestion in Sofia during the summer months in recent years and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian capital Sofia launches night bus service

April 8, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian capital city Sofia launched a night bus service on an experimental basis on the night of April 7 2018.

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Bulgaria 

Air pollution in Sofia, other Bulgarian cities hugely exceeded norms several times this winter

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

In Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, air pollution norms were exceeded 70 times in the heating period from October 2017 to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia puts up new information signboards for tourists

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian capital city Sofia has put up 42 new information signboards at key locations to help tourists. The signboards show

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sets 50-metre limit on height of new buildings in the centre of Sofia

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

New buildings in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia may be no more than 75 metres high, except in the centre, where

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Exhibition ‘Italian Futurism and Modern Art in Bulgaria. The example of Nikolay Diulgheroff’ opens on April 3

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “‘Italian Futurism and Modern Art in Bulgaria. The example of Nikolay Diulgheroff” opens at the Sofia Arsenal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian capital Sofia holds training exercise to test response to earthquake crisis

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian capital city Sofia is holding a two-day exercise on March 26 and 27 to test the response of emergency

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Exhibition of portrait photos from film sets by Mary Ellen Mark opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on March 27

March 21, 2018March 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition of portrait photographs taken on the sets of major films such as Apocalypse Now and Sleepy Hollow by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues ‘Code Orange’ weather warning for 11 districts on March 17 over forecast strong wind

March 16, 2018March 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian authorities have issued a “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for March 17 for 11 districts because of forecasts

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