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Opinion: Bulgaria’s extended winter tourism season

April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 Mark Thomas tourism

As the winter ski season nears its end and before we get to read the official statistics that show that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia puts up new information signboards for tourists

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian capital city Sofia has put up 42 new information signboards at key locations to help tourists. The signboards show

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Bulgaria 

Start of summer 2018 schedule at Sofia Airport brings new regular, charter flights

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2018 summer schedule of Sofia Airport has taken effect, with the introduction of regular flights between the Bulgarian capital

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways announces advance sales of tickets for trains at Orthodox Easter holidays

March 25, 2018March 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is to start on March 26 advance sales of tickets for the Orthodox Christian Easter holidays.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Air to resume Sofia-Bourgas flights on June 1

March 16, 2018March 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria Air will resume its seasonal flights between capital city Sofia and the Black Sea port of Bourgas on June

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Europe 

Proposed new EU visa policy: Easier for tourists, tougher for countries that do not take back migrants

March 14, 2018March 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Schengen, tourism

The European Commission said on March 14 that it was proposing to reform the EU’s common visa policy “to adapt

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport reports 3.7% passenger traffic increase in February 2018

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Sofia Airport saw a 3.7 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in February 2018, 473 242 versus 456 212 in the

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Bulgaria 

Road repairs in areas of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast planned for summer 2018

March 11, 2018March 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Road repairs are to get underway ahead of and during summer 2018 in parts of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. As

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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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