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Army assists in snow-clearing in northern Bulgaria for a third day

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Personnel and equipment from Bulgaria’s 55th Engineering Regiment were continuing, for a third day, to assist the population in the

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Bulgaria: ‘Code Yellow’ potentially dangerous weather warning for 10 districts for February 26

February 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The “Code Yellow” warning for potentially hazardous weather warning has been issued for 10 districts in eastern Bulgaria for February

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Bulgaria 

EU leaders will decide mere days beforehand whether Varna summit with Turkey will go ahead

February 24, 2018February 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Varna

A decision will be taken at the European Council meeting on March 22 and 23 whether the “conditions are there”

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Bulgaria 

Statue to be unveiled on March 1 as part of planned Historic Park near Bulgaria’s Varna

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

A statue, billed as the largest bronze sculpture on the Balkan peninsula, is to be unveiled on March 1 2018

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna introducing ‘Blue Zone’ paid parking system in May 2018

February 3, 2018February 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Motorists in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna will pay one lev (about 51 euro cents) an hour to park

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemics declared, closing schools in Varna, Rousse and four other Bulgarian districts

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Schools have been closed in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna, Rousse on the Danube, and in four other districts

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test civil defence warning sirens in Sofia and other cities on October 2

September 29, 2017October 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Bulgaria will hold a regular test of its civil defence warning siren system at 1pm on October 2 in Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Tax and customs inspectors begin large-scale checkups at Bulgarian Black Sea summer holiday resorts

June 30, 2017June 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Hundreds of National Revenue Agency tax inspectors, together with officials from the Ministry of Interior and the Customs Agency, are

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman-era building walls found in construction site in Bulgaria’s Varna

March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

Part of the walls of a building estimated to date to the Roman era around the third century CE have

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