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Orpheus, directed by Stefano Poda, to feature in Plovdiv’s Opera Open in June 2019

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Highlights of the Opera Open 2019 festival in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv will include a premiere of Orpheus on June

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Bulgaria 

Homophobic graffiti on Plovdiv 2019 HQ latest attack on ‘Balkan Pride’ project

March 19, 2019March 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Homophobic graffiti was daubed on the headquarters of the Plovdiv 2019 Foundation on March 19 in the latest attack on

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Bulgaria 

Western Balkans Band BG to play Plovdiv’s Ancient Theatre on June 1

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Western Balkans Band BG will have a concert at the Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv on June

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Bulgaria 

Statistics institute: In three years, housing prices in Sofia rose 34%, in Plovdiv 31.4%

March 12, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

Housing prices in Bulgaria increased by about 25 per cent in the three years between the third quarters of 2015

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Bulgaria 

Art exhibition ‘Listen to us – Artistic intelligence’ opens in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv on April 4

March 11, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

An exhibition entitled “Listen to us – Artistic intelligence”, of works by more than 40 artists who grew up in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s measles outbreak: First cases in Plovdiv and Bourgas reported

March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv

The first two cases of measles in Bulgaria’s cities of Plovdiv and Bourgas amid the recent outbreak of the disease

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s measles outbreak: More than 1000 children in Plovdiv not vaccinated – report

March 4, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

More than 1000 children in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have not had the compulsory vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella

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Bulgaria 

‘Plovdiv Karavana’ to feature artistic companies from Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland in June 2019

March 4, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Thirteen artistic companies from Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland – part of CITI, the International Centre for Travelling Theatres –

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Bulgaria 

Japanese pianist Kotaro Fukuma to give a recital in Plovdiv on March 30

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Prominent Japanese pianist Kotaro Fukuma will give a piano recital in Plovdiv on March 30, at a concert featuring the

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