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Bulgarian cities and towns head to second round of municipal elections on November 1

October 30, 2015November 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Voters in a large number of Bulgarian cities and towns are being called back to the ballot boxes on November

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Final results of first round in 10 largest cities

October 28, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

These are the official results of the October 25 2015 first round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s 10 largest cities

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2015 elections: Borissov’s GERB scores victory in most major cities, exit polls show

October 25, 2015October 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party mayoral candidates had won the most votes in the country’s capital Sofia and

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Bulgaria 

German embassy marking 25 years of unification with running events in four Bulgarian cities

October 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The Germany embassy in Sofia is marking 25 years since the country’s unification on October 3 1990 with running events

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test alarm siren system in 11 cities on October 1

September 30, 2015October 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

The alarm system in 11 cities in Bulgaria and in places within the 30km zone around Kozloduy nuclear power station

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria declares ‘Code Red’ dangerous weather warning for Bourgas

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

Bulgaria has declared a “Code Red” warning of very dangerous weather for the region of Bourgas on the Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s September 19 – 22 long weekend weather – sunny turning to rain

September 18, 2015September 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Bulgaria heads into a long weekend from September 19 to 22, with the weather in major cities promising warm and

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Europe 

Czech police accuse two men of attempting to bomb Prague – Varna bus

September 10, 2015September 13, 2015 The Prague Post Czech Republic, Varna

Czech police have accused two men of attempting to firebomb a bus going between Prague and Varna, Bulgaria, on May

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Bulgarian railways brings back dining cars on Sofia – Varna line

September 6, 2015September 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

Bulgarian State Railways, BDZ, said that from September 7, it would bring back “bistro” dining cars on fast trains between

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