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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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What’s On: Verdi’s Aida at Sofia Opera and Ballet, May 8 to 10

May 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Verdi’s opera Aida will be staged by Sofia Opera and Ballet on May 8, 9 and 10 2015, at 7pm

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Film review: Ex Machina

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Not since the one-two of Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca in 1997 and Alex Proyas’s Dark City in 1998 has a big-budget,

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