The new British ambassador to Sofia Rob Dixon will take up office in exactly one month’ time.
This was announced by the diplomat on Twitter in the Bulgarian language. This is Rob Dixon’s first appointment as ambassador. He has been head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s West Africa Department, Africa Directorate and deputy head of mission in Tel Aviv. He is married with one son.
Rob Dixon is taking over from Emma Hopkins who has been ambassador to Bulgaria since 2015.
The Sofia Zoo has a new resident – an 11-year-old male snow leopard, BNT has reported. He comes from Nordens Ark Zoo, located in Bohuslän, Sweden and is named Araatan. Some time ago, a female leopard arrived from the Helsinki Zoo,..
Early elections will not help anyone. If elections were held now, the caretaker government would have no power to draft the most difficult budget in the past 30 years. This was what the president of the Confederation of Independent..
Starting October 15, Bulgaria's toll system has begun weighing heavy vehicles over 3.5 tons while they are in motion. The weighing process is fully automated. "Currently, 10 out of nearly 100 planned devices have been certified. The sensors..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
On Tuesday, minimum temperatures will range from 5 to 10°C , 7°C in Sofia. There will be significant cloud cover throughout the day, with light..
A themed exhibition dedicated to the pumpkin is one of the highlights of the traditional "Autumn Encounters with Plants" and the Days of Autumn..
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