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Plovdiv hosts Vinaria 2016 wine industry exhibition from February 24 to 28

February 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Vinaria, the annual exhibition of the vine and wine industry, has opened at the International Fair Plovdiv and continues until

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Eurovision Song Contest changes voting rules

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 Deutsche Welle

From this year, Eurovision votes cast by professional juries in each country and viewers will be announced separately. Organisers hope

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Film review: Zoolander 2

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 The Prague Post

We didn’t expect to see fictitious fashion model Zoolander to come back to the big screen after 15 years, and

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Film review: Deadpool

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Deadpool flips the script in its opening scene already. The camera smoothly glides between bodies suspended in mid-air, tracking farther and

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Annual Bulgarian Archaeology exhibition opens on February 11 2016

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

The ninth annual national archaeological exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2015” opens at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ National Institute of Archaeology

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Film review: The Danish Girl

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The Danish Girl, this year’s much talked-about transgender movie, puts on a very strange face right at the outset, for

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Bulgaria calls contest for new tourism logo

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry said on February 5 that it launched an open competition to choose a new tourism logo for

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Film review: Ride Along 2

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Ride Along 2 was never going to be Oscar material, but that is not just because its lead characters are

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Terry Gilliam to receive Sofia International Film Festival award

January 28, 2016January 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Actor and director Terry Gilliam will receive the Sofia International Film Festival award for his contribution to cinematic arts at

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