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Bulgaria expects good 2013 grape vintage

August 27, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The 2013 grape crop in Bulgaria is expected to be of excellent quality, with a yield of about 250 000

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Bulgaria Leisure 

New terminal at Bulgaria’s Varna Airport comes into use

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The new passenger terminal at Varna Airport on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast was scheduled to come fully into use on

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Mixed views on progress of Bulgaria’s 2013 summer tourism season

August 26, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

As Bulgarian summer holiday resorts begin announcing discount specials with the advent of September, the first assessments of the performance

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgarian capital Sofia to host first festival of Jewish culture on September 15

August 26, 2013March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

Shalom Sofia, the first festival of Jewish culture in the Bulgarian capital city, will be held on September 15 2013,

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Bulgaria Leisure 

What’s On: Mindya Rock Festival

August 23, 2013August 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The 2013 Mindya Rock Festival, featuring 15 of Bulgaria’s top rock bands, closes on August 24 2013 on its second

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Leisure 

Film review: The Purge

August 22, 2013August 22, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

“We gotta get some rope,” says James Sandin (Ethan Hawke) halfway through The Purge. A homeless man has entered their

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Leisure 

Film review: Jobs

August 22, 2013August 22, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Jobs was never going to be a hit with the Apple fans. Making a movie about one of the few

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Leisure Perspectives 

Book Reviews: Herodotus: The Gnome of Sofia, and Judas Goat – The Kennet Narrow Boat Mystery

August 18, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There are few books written by expatriates who have spent some time in Sofia that give a sense of time

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Varna holds first Kite Festival: Photos

August 18, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Bulgaria’s Black Sea “capital” Varna held its first Kite Festival on August 17 2013. Organisers of the event, held at

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