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Bulgaria declares national mourning on June 23 as death toll in Varna floods rises

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods, Veliko Turnovo

Even as Varna and other parts of Bulgaria struggled with the aftermath of torrential rain that has led to a

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Bulgarian President closely monitoring situation after fatal floods hit Varna

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Varna, Varna floods

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is in constant contact with interior minister Tsvetlin Yovchev and Varna mayor Ivan Portnih regarding the

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Bulgaria 

Political war of words over fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 20, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Tsvetlin Yovchev, Varna, Varna floods

Amid the superheated Bulgarian political crisis, it was arguably inevitable that the floods that hit the Black Sea city of

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Bulgaria 

Ten dead in floods in Bulgaria’s Varna – reports

June 19, 2014June 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

At least 10 people were dead after torrential rains on June 19 2014 flooded the Asparouhovo area of Bulgaria’s Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Three dead, four missing, in floods in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 19, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Three people – a man, woman and child, believed to be a family – died as heavy rain on June

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Bulgaria 

Varna, other towns hard-hit as torrential rains cause power cuts, floods chaos in parts of Bulgaria

June 19, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, Varna, Varna floods

The latest bout of torrential rains on June 19 brought further flooding, power cuts and chaos to parts of Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Heavy rain disrupts traffic in Varna, a day after Plovdiv mops up after thunderstorm

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Varna

Heavy rain disrupted traffic in Varna on June 16, the morning after a river burst its banks to flood 50

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government plans 224 000 leva for furniture, kitchen equipment for Euxinograd Residence

June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Bulgaria’s cabinet has called a public tender for new furniture and kitchen equipment for Euxinograd Residence, the former royal palace

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Bulgaria 

Varna posts tourist maps at bus stops

May 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna began putting up tourist maps in English at bus stops on May 3 2014.

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