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NSI: More than 23 000 newly-built residential buildings in Bulgaria in five years

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

From 2020 to 2024, the number of newly-built residential buildings in Bulgaria added up to 23 284, according to figures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Varna, Bourgas airports announce summer 2025 flight schedules

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

The summer 2025 flight schedules of Varna and Bourgas airports on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast were announced on March 26

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman-era marble statue found in Bulgaria’s Varna

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

An exceptionally well-preserved Roman marble statue has been discovered in Varna, the Bulgarian Black Sea city’s Regional History Museum said.

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Bulgaria 

European prosecutors charge former mayor, ex-governor in probe into fishing port in Bulgaria’s Varna

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia said on October 11 that it had formally accused

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Bulgaria 

Archaeologists: Roman-era sarcophagus found on Bulgarian beach is authentic

August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

The sarcophagus, which was found on a beach in Sv Konstantin i Elena resort near Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of

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Bulgaria 

Sarcophagus said to date from Roman era found on beach in Bulgaria

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

A sarcophagus, said by experts to date from the Roman era, has been found “unattended” on a beach in Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria 

Storm havoc in Bulgaria: Varna mayor calls for schools to go over to distance learning

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Following the severe winds and stormy weather that brought havoc to eastern Bulgaria, Varna mayor Blagomir Kotsev said on November

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Bulgaria 

Two dead as powerful winds hit Bulgaria

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Two people, one in Sofia and the other in Varna, have died in accidents as powerful winds swept Bulgaria. A

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2023 municipal elections: GERB-Vuzrazhdane runoff in Varna – poll

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2023, Varna

An opinion poll by the Market Links agency, the results of which were released on October 17, sees the mayoral

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