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Bulgaria’s Cinelibri International Book-to-Film Festival 2024 opens on October 10

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cinelibri International Book-to-Film Festival will take place between October 10 and November 3 under the motto “Endless Poetry”.  Intended

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Sounds Like a Whisper (Poetically Political) exhibition to open at Sofia City Art Gallery

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A contemporary art exhibition entitled Sounds Like a Whisper (Poetically Political) opens on March 12 at 6pm at Sofia City

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Exhibition at Union of Bulgarian Artists gallery celebrates centenary of Zidarov’s birth

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of works by Lyuben Zidarov, an artist with a remarkable legacy in Bulgarian art, celebrates the 100th anniversary

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Bulgaria’s Rhodope narrow-gauge railway adds carriages for bikes, ski equipment

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Two new carriages for transporting bicycles and ski equipment will be added on weekends every Saturday and Sunday from November

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Exhibition of artefacts from Trebenishte at Bulgaria’s National Archaeological Museum

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition of 600 finds from the necropolis of Trebenishte is on at the National Archaeological Museum in Bulgaria’s capital

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Sarieva Gallery presents exhibition by French-Bulgarian artist Nikolaev at DOT Sofia

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Sarieva Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new work by French-Bulgarian artist Stefan Nikolaev at the DOT Sofia venue,

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Professor Brian Cox bringing ‘Horizons – A 21st Century Space Odyssey’ to Bulgaria’s capital in April

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

British physicist and science programme presenter Professor Brian Cox has announced European dates for his sell-out, live arena tour Horizons

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Top international musicians to star at Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2023

September 24, 2023October 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Top international musicians from Europe and the United States will perform at the eighth Plovdiv Jazz Fest, being held in

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Sofia-based expat publishes book ‘Don’t Be So Sensitive!’

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Writing under the pseudonym Daniel Kupfermann, a Sofia-based expat has published a new book “Don’t Be So Sensitive!”, an alternately

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