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Bulgaria to cut passenger ship fees to boost cruise tourism

April 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has proposed that the cabinet agree to cut the tonnage tax for passenger ships in a move

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Dawkins, Foster among guest lecturers at 2015 Sofia Science Festival

April 14, 2015May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

World-renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and British neuroscientist Russell Foster are among the guest lecturers appearing at the 2015 Sofia

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Exhibition ‘The Saga of the Thracian Kings – Archaeological Discoveries in Bulgaria’ to open at the Louvre

April 14, 2015April 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “The Saga of the Thracian Kings – Archaeological Discoveries in Bulgaria” will be held at The Louvre

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Film review: Fast & Furious 7

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The death of Paul Walker in November 2013 cast a pall over the future of the lucrative Fast & Furious

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Film review: The Water Diviner

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 The Prague Post

On its surface, The Water Diviner is a simple and straightforward film that combines beautifully crafted visceral sequences with a

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Bulgaria’s Pamporovo extends ski season to April 19

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2015 ski season in Bulgaria’s mountain winter resort of Pamporovo has been extended until April 19, the Pamporovo company

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What’s On: Exhibition ‘Industrial Landscapes in Bulgarian Painting in the 20th Century’

March 24, 2015April 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled Industrial Landscapes in Bulgarian Painting in the 20th Century is on at the National Art Gallery, part

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Finding markets, developing connections: Bulgaria takes on Prowein

March 23, 2015May 10, 2024 Magdalena Rahn

Prowein, a very international trade show for wines and spirits, is swiftly and only slightly subtly taking the foreground as the

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Film review: Insurgent

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

For a film titled Insurgent, there is puzzlingly little to get our hearts pumping faster here; even the action is

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