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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week five

November 1, 2019November 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

To channel Highlander, Sunday is coming – and there can only be one. In Sofia and 18 other cities that

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Bulgaria 

Mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s large cities pursue endorsements ahead of run-off elections

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Spare a thought for Mladen Mladenov, Iliya Zyumbilev and Milena Dimitrova. Few else may. In the October 27 mayoral elections

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Mayoral election in Varna goes to a second round

October 28, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Varna

Official figures from the Central Election Commission (CEC) showed that voters in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna will be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The drama in Varna

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Varna

By the late afternoon of the day after voters in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna went to the polls

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Bulgaria 

Winter schedule for Bulgaria’s Black Sea airports of Varna and Bourgas announced

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

The winter timetable for flights to and from Fraport Twin Star Airport Management’s airports at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Varna

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week two

October 11, 2019October 13, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections is at its midway point, with two more weeks to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Varna

September 30, 2019October 3, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Varna

There are 11 candidates seeking election as mayor of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna in the autumn 2019 local

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Bulgaria 

Orient Express visits Bulgaria’s cities of Rousse and Varna

August 27, 2019August 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Rousse, tourism, Varna

The Venice-Simplon Orient Express, arguably the most famous luxury long-distance train in the world, visited Bulgaria’s Danube city of Rousse

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Bulgaria 

‘Abora IV Argonauts from the Stone Age’ expedition sails from Bulgaria’s Varna

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

The experimental reed boat of the expedition “Abora IV – Argonauts from the Stone Age” sailed from Bulgaria’s Black Sea

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