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Tourists to get first glimpses of St Sofia underground museum ‘by June’

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The first phase of the underground museum at St Sofia church, featuring a necropolis dating from the fourth century CE

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Bulgaria Leisure 

JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Sofia University on April 24

April 21, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

For the seventh consecutive year, ahead of the celebration in Bulgaria of the Orthodox Christian Easter, JS Bach’s St Matthew

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Bulgaria News 

More than 2700 street cats neutered in Sofia in past two years

April 11, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A total of 2772 stray cats in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have been neutered in the past two years in

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New shopping mall opens in Sofia on March 28

March 28, 2013April 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Paradise Center became the latest shopping mall to open in Bulgaria’s capital city, Sofia, on March 28 2013. The new

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Sovereign Order of Malta archive exhibition

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

In celebration of the 900-year anniversary of the Papal bull granting its sovereignty, the Sovereign Order of Malta is organising

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Bulgaria Business News 

Sofia mayor asks prosecutors to investigate heating utility

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova has asked police and prosecutors to investigate why the city’s heating utility, Toplofikatsiya Sofia, did not

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Bulgaria News 

‘Special services’ of Sofia traffic police cost from 50 to 500 leva – report

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Employees of Sofia’s traffic police department accept from 50 to 500 leva (about 25 to 250 euro) for various “special

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Leisure 

Sofia International Film Fest begins on March 7

March 7, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s biggest annual cinema event, Sofia International Film Festival, opens on March 7 at the National Palace of Culture (NDK)

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia city hall to appeal parking ruling in high court

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall will appeal the city court ruling that declared a number of city parking regulations void, the city’s

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