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Film review: The Purge: Anarchy

July 31, 2014August 4, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Perhaps the best thing about The Purge: Anarchy is its not-so-veiled criticism of the violence that the aggressive policies of

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What’s On: Bansko Jazz Festival, August 8 to 13

July 24, 2014August 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual International Jazz Festival in Bulgaria’s mountain resort town of Bansko is being held from August 8 to 13

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What’s On: annual ‘Sofia Breathes’ festival in August

July 22, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The fifth consecutive annual Sofia Breathes festival is being held in five streets in the Bulgarian capital city on the

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What’s On: Sofia Opera and Ballet to present full cycle of Ring of the Nibelung

July 16, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Opera and Ballet is to present the complete cycle of the four epic operas that make up German composer

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What’s On: Hugh Laurie at Sofia’s National Palace of Culture, July 11

July 10, 2014July 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

British actor (House MD, Blackadder) and musician Hugh Laurie and his Copper Bottom Band are to give their first concert

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Film review: 22 Jump Street

July 10, 2014May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The word “franchise” is not used explicitly, but it is embedded throughout this self-conscious film whose entertainment value vastly outweighs

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Film review: Boyhood

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Sprawling but not unwieldy, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood takes the eventful but not overly dramatized life of an ordinary teenager from

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Film review: Can a Song Save Your Life? (Begin Again)

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

She is all about authenticity and giving the music industry the middle finger. She has some talent, but she is

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Fairy tale theme for annual sand sculptures festival in Bourgas

July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The annual sand sculpture festival has opened in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas, this year with a fairy tale

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