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| updated on 10/1/19 4:42 PM


The citizens of Varna met the first day of October with unusually warm, summertime weather.  Photo: BTA


A colorful event taking place at the Kenana Park near Haskovo, southern Bulgaria marks two of the several world and international days marked on October 1. One is the International Day of Old Persons and the International Day of Music.  Photo: BTA


On the occasion of the 150th birth-anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, to be marked October 2, the Ambassador of India to Bulgaria, Her Excellency Pooja Kapur and Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications – Andreana Atanassova, validated a special postal stamp with the image of the great Indian personality.  Photos: BTA


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