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Remembrance Day 2023 services to be held in Bulgaria’s Sofia and Plovdiv

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

This year’s annual Remembrance Day Services will be held in Sofia Central Cemetery on November and 11 in Plovdiv Central

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Bulgaria: Sofia mayor bans anti-Israel ‘protection of Jerusalem’ march

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel, Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova issued an order on October 13 banning a planned march “in defence of Jerusalem” announced on

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Sarieva Gallery presents exhibition by French-Bulgarian artist Nikolaev at DOT Sofia

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Sarieva Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new work by French-Bulgarian artist Stefan Nikolaev at the DOT Sofia venue,

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Professor Brian Cox bringing ‘Horizons – A 21st Century Space Odyssey’ to Bulgaria’s capital in April

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

British physicist and science programme presenter Professor Brian Cox has announced European dates for his sell-out, live arena tour Horizons

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: Governing coalition’s parties rival mayoral candidates

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2023, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

With the September 26 deadline for nominations looming, the names of the mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s four largest cities put

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Bulgaria 

Row over plan to spend 671M leva on new buses, trams and trolleybuses for Bulgaria’s capital

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A Democratic Bulgaria city councillor has hit out at a plan proposed by councillors from Sofia municipality’s GERB group to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Relocating Soviet Army Monument a priority, Sofia administration says

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The relocation of the Soviet Army Monument is among the priority issues on which the Sofia district administration is working,

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Bulgaria 

Heatwave in Bulgaria: Sofia municipality urges public to stay indoors on July 25

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

With yet another day of soaring temperatures looming amid the northern hemisphere’s heatwave, the municipality in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Military participates in civil defence exercise in Bulgaria’s capital on May 28

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Defence Ministry personnel are taking part in a full-scale disaster response exercise by Sofia municipality in the Bulgarian capital city’s

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