75-year-old jogger among five dead in Sofia as searing summer heat strikes Bulgarian capital
In just the first few hours of severe hot temperatures in Bulgarian capital Sofia on July 1, as temperatures were
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Bulgarian capital Sofia firefighters hold drill on evacuating people from a fire in a high-rise building
Joint teams from Bulgaria’s Military Medical Academy and the firefighting service held an exercise on June 22 on evacuating and
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2017 ‘Opera in the Park’ at Sofia’s Rakovski military academy from June 30 to July 16
The ballet Petrushka the Firebird, to music by Igor Stravinsky, opens the popular annual Opera in the Park series at
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EC approves 86.6M euro for Sofia Metro line 3 extension
The European Commission said on June 8 that it has approved 86.6 million euro in new funding from the European
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Bulgarian capital Sofia names street after anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela
The city council in Bulgarian capital city Sofia has named a street in the Lozenets residential area after anti-apartheid hero,
Read moreControversial former MP for Siderov’s Ataka appointed as Sofia regional governor
Bulgaria’s coalition cabinet appointed on May 25 as Sofia regional governor, former Ataka MP Ilian Todorov, a figure most in
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2017 Sofia Science Festival officially opens at Sofia Tech Park
The 2017 Sofia Science Festival, the seventh annual such event, opened on May 11 and continues until May 14. The
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Sofia History Museum holding exhibition on archaeological finds in city in 2016
The Sofia Regional History Museum is holding an exhibition entitled “Archaeology of Sofia and the Sofia Region 2016” from May
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Bulgarian Air Force asks people not to fly drones on May 6 Army Day
Bulgaria’s Air Force has asked people in Sofia and surrounding places not to fly any remote-controlled aircraft such as drones on
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