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Another travel firm files for insolvency

July 27, 2012July 27, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Travel agent Blue Rays Thursday filed for insolvency, the latest in a string of Polish travel firms to run into

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New fee adds to comfort: Wizz Air

July 27, 2012July 27, 2012 The Budapest Times

Travellers with Wizz Air can expect another fee as the airline prepares to trial run a cabin baggage fee on

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Movie review: The Dark Knight Rises

July 27, 2012July 27, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Who could have guessed all this action franchise needed to rise from its own ashes was Anne Hathaway in a

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Buckingham’s Bulgarian bandit

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

English-language historical fiction set in Bulgaria is not exactly widely available so fans of the genre will be thrilled with

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Searchlight Tutrakan! Bulgarian Danube alight

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 Molly Burke Kirova

If you don’t know where the historic fishing town of Tutrakan is, you are far from alone. Visits were discouraged

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Bulgarian railways to put 30 new sleeping cars into service by end of 2012

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ will put 30 new sleeping cars into service by the end of 2012. The sleeping cars

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Tempo travel: Mácha’s Lake in north Bohemia

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 Fiona Gaze of The Prague Post

Máchovo jezero is an oasis in a landlocked country, and its beaches, as well as its waters and forested surroundings,

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Smoke and mirrors – tourism and the Olympics

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 Mark Thomas

May 26 2012 was just another sporting Saturday in London; a football play off with 60 000 spectators in attendance

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Film review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In anticipation of Lincoln, the epic Steven Spielberg production about the life of the 16th president of the United States,

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