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Plaque unveiled in Varna honouring Bulgarian sailors who took Jews to Holy Land

August 13, 2018August 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Varna

A plaque, placed by the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, has been unveiled in the port of Varna

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Bulgaria 

‘Blue Zone’ paid parking system goes into effect in Bulgaria’s Varna

July 11, 2018July 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

After repeated delays, the “blue zone” paid parking system in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna went into effect on

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Bulgaria 

Summer 2018: Bulgarian railways has shortfall of sleeping car tickets on trains to the coast

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, tourism, Varna

Just as the summer holiday season begins to pick up speed, getting a place in a Bulgarian railways sleeping car

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Bulgaria 

Counting the cost after torrential rains, ‘tornado’ hit Bulgaria’s Varna and villages

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

More than 100 million leva would be needed to avert Varna being flooded after intense rainfall of the kind that

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Bulgaria 

Torrential rain causes chaos in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Torrential rain inundated Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna on June 4, bringing down trees, turning streets into rivers and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan opposes crematorium construction

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The head of the Varna diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Yoan, has spoken out against the construction of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna officially opens 2018 summer season

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

The 2018 summer seaside holiday season was officially opened in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna on May 19. Varna

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Bulgaria 

EU – Turkey leaders’ meeting in Varna: No agreements, but ‘readiness to keep up dialogue’

March 26, 2018March 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Turkey, Varna

As was expected, the March 26 meeting in Bulgarian Black Sea city Varna between the leaders of the European Union

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Bulgaria 

Idea of Turkey – EU Varna summit is ‘great’, Tusk tells Bulgarian PM Borissov

March 26, 2018March 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Roumen Radev, Turkey, Varna

European Council President Donald Tusk has told Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that his idea of holding the EU -Turkey

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