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What’s On: US artist Brian Dailey’s Bulgaria in Democracy exhibition in Plovdiv opens on July 7

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

On the 25th anniversary of democracy in Bulgaria, United States artist Brian Dailey embarked on a photographic journey of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria caught 336 motorists driving drunk in just one week

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian traffic police caught 336 motorists drink-driving in just a week, as the country took part in an EU-wide operation

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Bulgaria 

Archaeologists in Plovdiv uncover early Christian mosaics at Great Basilica site

June 12, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working at the site of the Great Basilica, the largest early Christian church found in Bulgaria – believed to

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Leisure 

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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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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Leisure 

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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