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Pre-premiere of #minaret to open One Dance Week in Plovdiv on September 21

June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The pre-premiere of #minaret by the star of the Arab region Omar Rajeh will open the 11th One Dance Week festival on

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019: Open call for ‘last-minute’ projects

June 15, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation announced on June 15 an open call for last-minute projects in the official programme of the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Plovdiv Mediaeval Festival 2018 to be held on June 23-24

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv Mediaeval Festival will be held on June 23 and 24 2018 at Mladezhkiya Hulm (“Youth Hill”) in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Audio guide for tourists in three languages launched in Plovdiv, Sofia to follow

June 1, 2018June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

An audio guide service for tourists was launched in Plovdiv on June 1, with the launch of the service in

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Opera Open 2018 begins in Plovdiv on June 23

May 28, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The programme for Opera Open 2018, from June 23 to July 29, has been announced by State Opera Plovdiv. The

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Bulgaria 

Rapid reaction: Repaint job eradicates swastikas from Bulgarian National Bank building in Plovdiv

May 26, 2018May 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Staff of the cleaning department in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv reacted rapidly to repaint parts of the facade of the

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019 advertised on buses in Rome

May 20, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Buses in Italy’s capital city Rome are carrying advertising promoting the fact that Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv will be European

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Three burnt skeletons found in Plovdiv may be of victims of third-century Goth invasion

May 14, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The remains of a child, estimated to have been about three years old, and two older people have been found

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Plovdiv’s Regional Archaeological Museum exhibits items from ancient Episcopal Basilica

May 13, 2018May 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

An exhibition of items from Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica, the largest early Christian basilica of its kind found on the Balkans

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