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What’s On: Children’s festival in Sofia’s South Park

May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria celebrates the Day of the Child on June 1, and among planned events is a childrens’ festival on June

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Film review: The Hangover Part III

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

There’s something fundamentally wrong with a film when we root for some of the main characters getting killed or seriously

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Film review: Fast and Furious 6

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Full disclosure: This is my first The Fast and the Furious film in more than a decade. And yet, despite

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Bombardment by book in war of words

May 28, 2013May 28, 2013 Bob Dent for The Budapest Times

Review: Hot Books in the Cold War, by Alfred A. Reisch The subtitle of this book sets the scene for what

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Final stretch of Bulgaria’s Sofia-Bourgas Trakiya Motorway ‘to open July 1’

May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, motorways

The final stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, linking capital city Sofia to the Black Sea city of Bourgas via Plovdiv,

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Cake, coffee and cats in Budapest

May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 Elisabeth Katalin Grabow of The Budapest Times

While the idea of sharing a restaurant with 15 cats might not thrill everyone, for feline lovers the Cat Café,

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What’s on: Rock Voyeurs at Rossini

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

In typical rock concert fashion, newly-opened Rossini makes its entrance to Sofia’s art exhibitions scene with a bang. Its first

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Star Trek influence lives long and prospers

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 Suzanne Presto of VOANews

Academics, professionals and Star Trek fans are once again discussing the iconic franchise’s influence on society, science, and technology, as

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Film review: The Great Gatsby

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The Great Gatsby is the return of Baz Luhrmann, director of Moulin Rouge!, to the world of supersized, kaleidoscopic entertainment.

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