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What’s On: 2015 ‘Opera Open’ in Plovdiv from June 19 to July 22

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv State Opera is to present “Opera Open”, a programme of five performances, from June 19 to July 22 2015

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What’s On: 2015 ‘Opera in the Park’ in Sofia from June 12 to July 18

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The sixth annual Opera in the Park is being held in Sofia from June 12 to July 18 2015, with

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What’s On: Silver from the Louvre – the Boscoreale Treasure

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of one of the largest collections of Roman silver treasures, entitled “Silver from the Louvre. Boscoreale Treasure” is

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Eurovision 2015 winner: Sweden

May 24, 2015May 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sweden won the 2015 Eurovision song contest with Måns Zelmerlöw’s performance of Heroes, beating Russia into second place. Even before

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line of umbrellas on a beach in Greece photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
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Bulgaria’s beaches score improvement in EU bathing waters survey

May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

Bulgaria’s coastal bathing waters remain up to the European Union’s mandatory standards, with nearly three-quarters of the country’s beaches meeting

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Film review: Mad Max: Fury Road

May 14, 2015May 14, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

By the time the emblematic Dies Irae section of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem” flares up on the soundtrack during the second

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Bulgarian wine makes a place for itself in New York

May 12, 2015May 10, 2024 Magdalena Rahn

It was sunny out, and shirtsleeves sufficed. Union Square — the one in New York City —was its typical behemoth

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Of paper and the problem of digital disintegration

May 9, 2015May 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

An invitation to bring a favourite book to a scientific lecture is unusual. But it is not as if you

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Film review: Jimmy’s Hall

May 7, 2015May 7, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Although independence is usually cause for celebration, attaining it from a colonial power is often just one struggle waged and

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