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Exhibition in Plovdiv marking 60th anniversary of East German uprising

June 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

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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Leisure 

Restaurant Review: Gusto

June 14, 2013October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv

As a youth, I once was among a group of people who – for reasons too dreary to go into

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Bulgaria 

Metropolitan Nikolai, football fans slam gay film festival in Plovdiv

June 12, 2013June 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai has slammed as “a shameful demonstration of the sin of Sodom” the holding of

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Bulgaria Leisure 

‘Behaviour’ theme of Otets Paisii street festival in Plovdiv from June 7 to 9

June 4, 2013June 5, 2013 Joana Levieva-Sawyer Plovdiv

Exhibitions, installations, concerts, theatre and performance – parallel urban culture will invade Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv on June 7,

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Sofia, Plovdiv to light the sky on Night of the Museums

May 16, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

Sofia and Plovdiv, the two cities considered as front-runners to win Bulgaria’s nomination for the 2019 European Capital of Culture,

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv hosting three-day ‘Ancient Festival’ from May 17

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, is hosting an “Ancient Festival” from May 17 to 19, with events depicting people’s everyday life

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Bulgaria News 

British weeks in Bulgaria start on May 26

May 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

British Weeks in Bulgaria is a series of events, organised by the British embassy in Sofia with various partnering organisations.

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Bulgaria News 

Plovdiv’s revamped Boris Christoff House of Culture to open on April 26

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv’s Boris Christoff House of Culture is to open officially on April 26 with a grand-scale concert, following a revamp

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Bulgaria News 

Plovdiv budgets 500 000 leva to help fix houses in Old Town at risk of collapse

April 18, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv municipality has budgeted 500 000 leva for repairs to houses owned by the municipality in the Old Town, of

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