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The battle over a Bulgarian beach: Nudists vs the new tenant

July 20, 2017July 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Police have fined nudists at Bulgaria’s Delfin beach, a traditional clothing-optional strip for decades, in the latest episode of ongoing

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Bulgaria 

Tax and customs inspectors begin large-scale checkups at Bulgarian Black Sea summer holiday resorts

June 30, 2017June 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Hundreds of National Revenue Agency tax inspectors, together with officials from the Ministry of Interior and the Customs Agency, are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian deputy PM continues crusade against state of Sunny Beach summer holiday resort

June 26, 2017June 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Having announced that he wants to legislate against organised pub crawls – though it remains unclear how such a law

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian tax inspectors seal eight shops in Black Sea resorts of Golden Sands and Albena

June 21, 2017June 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Since the beginning of the 2017 summer tourist season, officials from Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency have sealed eight shops in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian deputy prime minister pledges law against ‘alcohol tourism’ at Black Sea coastline

June 19, 2017June 20, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov has promised to bring to an end “alcohol tourism” – excursions built around cheap

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opens hotline for complaints about tourism problems and noise in restaurants

June 16, 2017June 19, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer tourism

Bulgaria opened on June 16 a telephone hotline and dedicated e-mail address for tourists to complain about problems, and in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has lowest alcohol, tobacco, restaurants, hotels and clothing prices in EU – Eurostat

June 15, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, tourism

Price levels of consumer goods and services in Bulgaria in 2016 were the lowest in the European Union, at less

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv opens new tourist information centre

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

A modern information centre for tourists opens in Bulgaria’s second city, and future European Capital of Culture, Plovdiv on June

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Bulgaria 

Close to 1000 additional police to be on duty at Bulgarian seaside this summer – Interior Minister

June 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A total of 946 police officers will be sent on duty to Bulgaria’s Black Sea summer coastal holiday resorts in

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