''The Sofia Echo'' is

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History and profile

The ''Sofia Echo'' has been published since April 1997, generally targeted at the Bulgarian expatriate community. The newspaper is published by Sofia Echo Media Ltd. A majority stake in the company was bought in 2007 by Bulgarian publisher

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. The newspaper is distributed in major Sofia hotels, in outlets throughout the country, as well as in the

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and Shell petrol stations and the Billa hypermarkets. From 2005 on, articles from the weekly newspaper have been published online with daily news at its website. In 2017 it seems the Sofia Echo is no longer active. The website is not registered and the paper is not available at regular newsstands in Sofia.

References

External links

Official website of ''The Sofia Echo''
offering daily news besides content from the print edition
Four years of Bulgaria in English
an article about the early days of the paper
Sofia Echo Media Ltd company website
1997 establishments in Bulgaria Newspapers established in 1997 English-language newspapers published in Europe Weekly newspapers published in Bulgaria Mass media in Sofia {{Bulgaria-newspaper-stub