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Eurobarometer poll: 59% of Bulgarians think air quality declined in past 10 years

November 11, 2017November 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

About 59 per cent of Bulgarians think that the air quality in the country has deteriorated in the past 10

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Bulgaria 

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson: ‘Soviet Army prevented deportation of Jews from Bulgaria’ to Holocaust

November 3, 2017November 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Russia, Sofia

The defacing of the Soviet Army monument in Sofia with an anti-Semitic slur has taken a new twist with the

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Bulgaria 

Team to work for opening science and medical centre in Sofia that will use CERN technology

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Sofia

An inter-institutional group of representatives of the Bulgarian President’s office, the government and scientific circles will work for the establishment

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Ancient gold and bronze artefacts exhibition at Bulgaria’s National Archaeological Museum on until January 2018

October 25, 2017October 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Gold and Bronze. Metals, Technologies and Networks in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age” is on

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Sofia Regional History Museum to hold exhibition on trade in the Bulgarian capital

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition opens on October 31 at the Sofia Regional History Museum on the development of trade in the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Main part of renovations of Sofia’s NDK ahead of Bulgaria EU Presidency ‘to finish by November 15’

October 17, 2017October 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Sofia

Major building work in the renovation of the National Palace of Culture, NDK, in Sofia is to be completed by

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Bulgaria 

Sofia municipality planting more than 500 trees along streets and boulevards by end of autumn

October 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

By the end of autumn 2017, more than 500 trees of various varieties will be planted along streets and boulevards

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors announce arrest in Sofia of Syrian-born Bulgarian citizen ‘Islamic State’ commander

October 13, 2017October 15, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia, terrorism

The Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office said on October 13 that a Syrian-born Bulgarian citizen who had been a member of Daesh

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to host Western Balkans summit in Sofia in May 2018 during EU Presidency

October 10, 2017October 11, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Sofia

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will be the venue of a Western Balkans summit in May 2018 during the country’s presidency of

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