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What’s On: Tall Ships Regatta returns to Varna

April 25, 2014April 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Four years after the Bulgarian port city of Varna played host to the Tall Ships Regatta, the annual historical sailing

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Bulgaria 

Early start to Bulgaria’s summer tourism season as first group of Austrian pensioners arrive

April 23, 2014April 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

One swallow may not a summer make, but once again mid-April has seen a flight in of the early birds

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Bulgarian Black Sea ports expect cruise ship boost because of Crimea crisis

April 6, 2014April 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna

The 2014 summer season will see an increase in the number of cruise ships docking at Bulgaria’s Black Sea ports

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test siren system in 11 cities on April 1 2014

March 31, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The early warning siren system will be tested in Sofia and 10 other cities on April 1 2014 at 1pm,

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic declarations close schools in Varna, Dobrich

January 27, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, Varna

Schools in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna have been closed until January 31 because of the declaration of an

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Bulgaria 

Snow, chilly temperatures close schools in parts of Bulgaria

January 26, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Schools in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna will be closed on January 27 2014 because of the serious winter

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Bulgaria 

Municipal councillors in Bulgaria’s largest cities vote themselves big pay increases

January 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Municipal councillors in Bulgaria’s largest cities – Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna – have voted themselves large pay increases, with salaries

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Leisure 

Fares for Bulgarian express trains to seaside to rise in March 2014 – transport minister

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna

Bulgarian state railways BDZ fares for express trains from Sofia to Varna and to Bourgas will increase by five to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod elects Bishop Yoan new Metropolitan of Varna

December 22, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

By nine votes to three, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, elected Znepol Bishop Yoan as the

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