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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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José Carreras farewell performance in Sofia on December 3

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The great Spanish tenor José Carreras is to say farewell to his Bulgarian audience with a concert in Sofia at

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Science in action at the Exploratorium at the May 2015 Sofia Science Festival

April 26, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Among the most popular drawcards at the 2015 Sofia Science Festival are sure to be the Exploratorium, where visitors will

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Film review: The Face of an Angel

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In his latest film, The Face of an Angel, director Michael Winterbottom does his best to slowly massage fictitious elements

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Visit CERN virtually at the Sofia Science Festival

April 23, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Visitors to the Sofia Science Festival will be able to take one step beyond and go on a virtual tour

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Istanbul’s new airport to boost air traffic over Bulgaria – minister

April 21, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Air traffic over Bulgaria is expected to increase by 50 per cent once the new international airport in Istanbul becomes

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Film review: Run All Night

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Liam Neeson can’t outrun the ghosts of his past, and neither can his latest character, an Irish-born former mobster in

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