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Poland’s Dreamliners will not fly before October

February 17, 2013February 17, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland’s state-owned airline LOT will not use both its Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets before October, as the U.S. aircraft

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Film review: Amour

February 14, 2013February 14, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

For most of Amour, the latest by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, the viewer feels absolutely confident she is in the

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Bulgaria’s new tourism logo to be reworked ‘until everyone likes it’ – Tourism Minister

February 14, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The new Brand Bulgaria tourism logo launched on January 17 2013 and which has come under a torrent of criticism

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Burning Bush: A key moment in Czech history is brought back to life by Oscar-nominated director

February 14, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The three-part HBO miniseries Hořící keř (Burning Bush), which tells the story of the events following Jan Palach’s self-immolation in

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Expansion project at Sofia Airport Terminal 2 starts

February 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A groundbreaking ceremony was scheduled for February 12 2013 for a project costing close to two million leva to expand

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Bulgaria names 2007 Eurovision song contest competitors as its 2013 entrants

February 11, 2013February 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has named the duo who competed for the country in the 2007 Eurovision song contest, Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan

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New wine cellars to open in Bulgaria in 2013

February 8, 2013May 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Eleven new wine cellars will start working in Bulgaria in 2013, Krassimir Koev, executive director of Bulgaria’s executive agency for

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Travel: Fair or not?

February 8, 2013May 22, 2013 Mark Thomas

If your train from Sofia to Stara Zagora or your bus from Rousse to Varna is cancelled due to snow

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Film review: The Last Stand

February 8, 2013February 7, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

There is a kind of cheap thrill one gets reading the title of the latest film with Arnold Schwarzenegger in

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