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Science in action at the Exploratorium at the May 2015 Sofia Science Festival

April 26, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Among the most popular drawcards at the 2015 Sofia Science Festival are sure to be the Exploratorium, where visitors will

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Visit CERN virtually at the Sofia Science Festival

April 23, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Visitors to the Sofia Science Festival will be able to take one step beyond and go on a virtual tour

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Bulgaria 

Metro rail line to Business Park Sofia to open on May 8 – mayor

April 17, 2015April 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Sofia Metro underground railway line extension to Business Park Sofia will open on May 8, a day before the

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Dawkins, Foster among guest lecturers at 2015 Sofia Science Festival

April 14, 2015May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

World-renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and British neuroscientist Russell Foster are among the guest lecturers appearing at the 2015 Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Sofia airport traffic congested by boulevard collapse

April 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Traffic to and from Sofia’s international airport was disrupted on April 8 by the partial collapse on Brussels Boulevard, the

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Metro to airport opens on April 2

April 2, 2015July 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Sofia Metro railway line to the Bulgarian capital city’s airport is to come into service on April 2 2015

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test siren system in 11 cities on April 1 2015

March 31, 2015April 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The early warning siren system will be tested in Sofia and 10 other cities on April 1 2015 at 1pm,

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Bulgaria 

Sofia metro airport line to open in first half of April 2015

March 26, 2015April 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Sofia metro underground railway extension to the airport is to open in early April 2015, according to Stoyan Bratoev,

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What’s on: Chambao to play in Sofia, Varna in June 2015

March 12, 2015May 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Varna

Nearly a year to the day, Spanish electronic music and flamenco fusion band Chambao will return to Sofia’s National Palace

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