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Two candidates shortlisted in Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan election re-run

December 15, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The electoral college in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Varna diocese shortlisted, in a vote on December 15 2013, two candidates

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Bulgaria 

Four cities shortlisted for Bulgaria’s European Capital of Culture 2019

December 12, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Turnovo have been shortlisted out of an initial list of eight to be named European

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian bishop to face ecclesiastical court for libel and damaging church’s reputation

November 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

Ignatii, vicar of the Sliven bishopric and previously elected one of two candidates to be the next Metropolitan of Varna,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test siren alarm system in 10 cities on October 1

September 30, 2013October 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

The civil defence siren alarm system will be tested in 10 cities on October 1 at 1pm, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry

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New terminal at Bulgaria’s Varna Airport comes into use

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The new passenger terminal at Varna Airport on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast was scheduled to come fully into use on

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Varna holds first Kite Festival: Photos

August 18, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Bulgaria’s Black Sea “capital” Varna held its first Kite Festival on August 17 2013. Organisers of the event, held at

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Bulgaria 

Carelessness blamed for blast near Varna – official

August 15, 2013August 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The head of the fire-fighting department of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry, Nikolai Nikolov, said on August 15 that carelessness was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod appoints Varna acting metropolitan

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church appointed Dorostol Metropolitan Ambrosii as temporary metropolitan of Varna on July 18.

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Bulgaria 

GERB candidate Portnih elected mayor of Varna

July 8, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

GERB candidate Ivan Portnih has been elected mayor of Bulgaria’s main Black Sea city of Varna, defeating Hristo Bozov, who

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