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Film Review: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

July 2, 2012July 1, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

For some reason, they felt they needed to leave Africa. The various wild animals and former longtime inhabitants of Central

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Bulgaria Business Leisure News 

Sunny Beach hotels say tourist services affected by traffic limitations

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An association of hotel, shop and restaurant owners from Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort on the Black Sea coast has said

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Boozed-up tourists bother Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

In less than a month, four drunken foreign tourists have fallen from their hotel rooms in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Archaeology: New find at a site near Bulgaria’s Vratsa

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The archaeological season in the Bulgarian town of Vratsa has started for the summer, and was marked by the discovery

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgarian food safety inspectors start ‘intensive’ checks at Black Sea resorts

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency teams of inspectors have started “intensive” check-ups at the country’s Black Sea coast resorts, agency head

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Tudo Brasil Festival 2012 in Sofia

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A Tudo Brasil Festival is being held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia from June 27 to July 1 2012. The

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Medieval fair near Assenovgrad takes place this weekend

June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The first Medieval fair takes place in the St. Anastasii area beneath the Medieval Assenovgrad fortress, near Assenovgrad, from June

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Leisure Perspectives 

A bystander at the Balkans International Wine Competition

June 22, 2012May 6, 2013 Alex Camerer

On the second floor of the Grand Hotel Sofia, the room was crowded. Too crowded. But what had I expected?

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Bulgaria’s beach holiday economics 2012

June 21, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The summer 2012 holiday season will see Bulgarians spending about 88 leva (44 euro) a day during vacations lasting an

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