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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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Bulgaria Leisure 

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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Bulgaria 

Varna mayoral by-election to have run-off on July 7

July 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The closely-contested mayoral by-election in the Bulgarian city of Varna will be decided in a run-off between the two nominees

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Bulgaria News 

Flight from Leipzig skids off runway at Bulgaria’s Varna Airport

May 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

An Air Via aircraft, a charter flight from Leipzig with 172 passengers aboard, left the runway at Varna Airport, Northeastern

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Bulgaria News 

British weeks in Bulgaria start on May 26

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

British Weeks in Bulgaria is a series of events, organised by the British embassy in Sofia with various partnering organisations.

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