Plovdiv’s Soviet ‘Alyosha’ soldier monument draped with red cloak
Residents of Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv woke on September 21 to the sight of the landmark giant monument to
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What’s On: 2013 Plovdiv Night of Museums and Galleries on September 20, 21
Plovdiv’s Night of Museums and Galleries, one of the biggest drawcards for Bulgaria’s second city, will draw thousands of visitors
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Bulgaria heads for Unification Day long weekend
Bulgaria has a long weekend from September 6 as the country marks Unification Day, with Plovdiv the main focus of
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Grand stage of Plovdiv Drama Theatre burns down in fire
A fire at the Plovdiv Drama Theatre on the morning of August 22 has burned down the grand stage and
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Bulgaria rejects Turkish request to acquire Ottoman-era monuments
Bulgaria’s Culture Minister Petar Stoyanovich said on August 12 that the Government had no intention of transferring ownership of Ottoman-era
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Bulgaria’s ‘banitsa bandit’ pleads guilty in 1.47M leva robbery suit – updated
Georgi Enev, the security guard charged with stealing 1.47 million leva (about 750 000 euro) from an armoured van, pleaded
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Archaeology: Roman wall unearthed in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
A Roman wall, estimated to date from the third to the fifth century CE, has been unearthed in the centre
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Exhibition in Plovdiv marking 60th anniversary of East German uprising
An exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the June 1953 uprising in East Germany is to open in Bulgaria’s second
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Restaurant Review: Gusto
As a youth, I once was among a group of people who – for reasons too dreary to go into
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