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EC welcomes OECD report showing revival of tourism industry

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

International tourism arrivals have returned rapidly to steady growth, showing tourism’s resilience to the effects of the global economic and financial crisis, according to a

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Bulgaria Europe Leisure News 

Have a safe trip: European Commission consults on how to help victims of road accidents abroad

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

About 130 million Europeans have planned a holiday in another European Union country this year. About three-quarters of them will

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Europe Leisure News World 

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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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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Photo of hand trowel as an archaeological theme
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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Leisure News World 

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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