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What’s On: ‘Meeting with an Egyptian priest’ exhibition from Louvre opens at Plovdiv Archaeological Museum on June 18

June 11, 2015June 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A 2600-year-old statue depicting an Egyptian priest will be delivered to the Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv, accompanied by a further

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Leisure 

What’s On: One Design Week, in Plovdiv from June 19 to 28

May 30, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

International festival of design and visual culture One Design Week returns to Plovdiv from June 19 to 28 2015. One

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What’s On: 2015 ‘Opera Open’ in Plovdiv from June 19 to July 22

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv State Opera is to present “Opera Open”, a programme of five performances, from June 19 to July 22 2015

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Bulgaria 

The sugar-sprinkler, and other strange tales of Bulgaria’s mayors

May 27, 2015May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv

In Bulgaria, the mayor’s chair sometimes is not easy to occupy – especially, for instance, if it has been seized

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv celebrates official European Capital of Culture status with concert, release of 2019 balloons

May 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv celebrated on May 23 its official naming by EU culture ministers earlier in the week as

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Business 

Cabinet transfers properties for intermodal terminal in Plovdiv

May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 the transfer of 11 000 sq m of land to the National Railway Infrastructure

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Bulgaria 

Archaeologists find ‘Ottoman-era’ child’s grave in central Plovdiv

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists conducting a dig in central Plovdiv near the Bulgarian National Radio regional headquarters have found the grave of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv to host Concours Mondial de Bruxelles international wine competition in 2016

May 4, 2015May 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has been chosen to host prestigious international wine competition the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in 2016,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court jails man for trying to set fire to Plovdiv mosque

April 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv District Court sentenced Viktor Alexandrov to a year in jail for trying to set fire to the Bulgarian

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