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Exhibition ‘Repentance – Memorial to the Victims of Communism’ opens at Sofia’s Raiko Alexiev Gallery on March 8

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition by sculptor Andrei Vrabchev entitled “Repentance – Memorial to the Victims of Communism” opens at the Raiko Alexiev

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Exhibition ‘Five Portraits’ by Bulgarian photojournalists opens at National Gallery on March 8

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Five Portraits”, by Bulgarian photojournalists, opens at the National Art Gallery – The Palace in Sofia on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s long weekend ends: Avalanche warnings, landslides and swollen rivers

March 5, 2018March 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgaria approached the end of its Liberation Day long weekend on March 5, with warnings of avalanches in some mountain

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Sofia International Film Festival 2018 opens officially on March 7

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

The 22nd Sofia Film Festival opens on March 7 2018 in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture, NDK,

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Bulgaria 

Almost half of schools in Bulgaria closed because of severe winter weather

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, Varna

Heavy snowfalls and difficult road conditions have led to almost half of the schools in Bulgaria being closed, according to

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Bulgaria 

Army assists in snow-clearing in northern Bulgaria for a third day

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Personnel and equipment from Bulgaria’s 55th Engineering Regiment were continuing, for a third day, to assist the population in the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Exhibition ‘The Bassat Collection Contemporary Art of Spain’ opens at Bulgaria’s National Art Gallery on March 1

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Sofia

An exhibition entitled ‘The Bassat Collection Contemporary Art of Spain’ opens at the Palace venue of Bulgaria’s National Art Gallery

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Bulgaria 

Snowfall, freezing temperatures in Bulgaria again close some schools, part of motorway

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia

Schools in Bulgaria’s Black Sea cities of Varna and Bourgas were closed on February 28 because of severe winter weather

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Bulgaria 

Paid parking system in Sofia again suspended because of snowy conditions

February 27, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The operation of the green and blue zones paid parking system in Bulgarian capital Sofia was suspended for a second

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