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Sounds of the Ages 2012, Roman Amphitheatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Fish, September 21 Former progressive rock band Marillion singer Fish and the British progressive/alternative band Anathema played with the Plovdiv

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Second annual festival Sounds of the Ages in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

September 19, 2012September 19, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Former progressive rock band Marillion singer Fish and the British progressive/alternative band Anathema will play with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Vratsa and around – the road less travelled

July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

If you don’t know much about Vratsa, rest assured that you’re not the only one; it is way off the

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Bulgaria News 

New amendments to Bulgaria’s Forestry Act tabled

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

The latest round of talks between MPs, representatives of the environmental groups and resort developers on July failed to reach

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Perspectives Sport 

Bulgaria hosts World League finals amid unending controversy

July 3, 2012July 4, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria hosting the annual World League final tournament was meant to be a glorious occasion – the first major international

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia’s stray dog problem: All talk and no action

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

The deepening problem of Sofia’s street dogs and the lack of any evident effort to tackle it efficiently, sparked a

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Bulgaria News 

A tale of two marches: Forestry Act amendments draw thousands to Sofia streets

June 21, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova Sofia

About 4000 ski and snowboard enthusiasts, hikers and supporters of President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of the controversial amendments to the

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria’s archaeological summer heats up

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

Bulgaria’s archaeological summer, just like the meteorological one, promises to be very hot. In Sarafovo, near Bourgas on the Black

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Bulgaria News 

Negotiations on Forestry Act amendments reach a dead end

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Negotiations on June 18, attended by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naidenov and representatives of environmentalist groups on

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