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10 Brits hospitalised abroad every day, UK foreign office figures show

July 19, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Foreign Office’s annual British Behaviour Abroad report showed that from April1  2011 to March 31 2012, Foreign Office staff

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Leisure 

A beer show comes to Bansko

July 19, 2012May 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

“The Good Beer Show” – a celebration of the best craft beers and cider, from Bulgaria and abroad will be

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgarian archaeologists at motorway site seek money

July 18, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

The archaeological team working on the route of Bulgaria’s Hemus highway, currently under construction, near Shumen, have run out of

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Archaeology: Golden medallions from Roman era found in village near Bulgaria’s Bourgas

July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Golden medallions featuring inscriptions and images found in a gravesite dating to the Roman era in Debelt, a village in

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Frescoed early Christian tomb found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Archaeologists have uncovered a unique for the Balkan Penninsula frescoed tomb in central Plovdiv, preliminary dated as old as the

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Summer travellers: Your cell phone could be a financial hand grenade!

July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

If you travel overseas this summer, you may board the plane carrying a financial hand grenade in your pocket –

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Leisure 

Loud crowd: Kavarna Rock festival July 13-15

July 12, 2012July 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The small town of Kavarna on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has built a reputation as a haven for fans of

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Cobbled street in the old town of Plovdiv Bulgaria photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria Leisure 

Free sightseeing tours offered in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Free sightseeing tours, similar to those in Sofia and Varna, start in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv on July 13

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line of umbrellas on a beach in Greece photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Europe Leisure News 

Holiday season: European Commission’s useful tips for a worry-free summer 2012

July 10, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

With the holiday season already starting and millions of Europeans intending on travelling within and outside the European Union, there

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