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Round-Table Press Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations




The discussion is going to take place July 3, 2009 (Friday), 10.30 - 11 am at the Alians Hotel, 6 Vassil Aprilov St, Plovdiv.
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Exhibition at the Ivan Vazov National Library




The photo exhibition "Tale of the Himalayas" opens today at 6 PM at the central lobby of ther Ivan Vazov National Library. The exhibition features 30 tables of photos from 10 expeditions in the Himalayas in the period 1980 - 2008.

The exhibition closes July 17. Co-organizer of the event is the Municial Tourist Information Center in Plovdiv.
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Article by Liuben Dilov Jr. on the need for the young people to vote




Novinar newspaper has published an article by Liuben Dilov Jr. - it focuses on the 13 reasons for the young people to vote on the upcoming elections.

The article speaks about the place of Bulgaria in the European Union; what kind of choice young people have to make - and that it is their choice to have the chance to live in beauiful cities; to have better politicians, better education, better opportunities; to be closer to their families ...
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Stoyan Delchev receives his Honorary Citizen of Plovdiv ribbon and diploma today



 
 


Moscow 1980 Olympic Games gymnastics champion Stoyan Delchev was awarded the prize of Honorary Citizen of Plovdiv several years after the event. But it was today that the Plovdiv current Mayor, Slavcho Atanassov, handed him the blue ribbon and the honorary diploma on the behalf of Plovdiv Municipality.

Stoyan Delchev has been living int he US for the last 18 years in Reno, NV, where he i...
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"Europe Is Here" Film Fest closes with award giving ceremony for 17 movies





The movie "The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner", director Stefan KOmandarev, is the last film to be played at the International Film Festival "Europe is Here". For more than six months now that movie remains being among the 20 most popular movies in all BG cineams.

The official award-giving ceremony opens at 7 PM. Free admission.
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International French Language Song Festival opens in Plovdiv June 25, 2009




The sixth International French Language Song Festival is opening today in Plovdiv. The festival will be closing June 28.

The event opens at 5.30 Pm with the documentary "The Thracians". The French TV channel TV 5 will be transmitting the festival. Musicians from over 10 coutries are expected to participate int he fest.
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Plovdiv - Black Box Fest from June 25




The International Chamber Theatre Festival `The Black Box` is held every year in the town of Plovdiv – Bulgaria. It lasts for a week from 25th June to 30th of June.

The organizer of the festival is the `Black Box` Foundation, working in partnership with the Municipality of Plovdiv, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Municipality Institute `Old Plovdiv` and the Cultural Centre `Trakart`.

The exclusive format of the festi...

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Hebros Bus news June




The largest private bus transportation company "Hebros Bus" is about to take a 6-milion Euro loan from the the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The company has scheduled the purchase of 30 new buses running on natural gas to replace its old diesel ones.

The new buses are expected to be far more fuel-economical than the older diesel ones and will also have lower maintanence.

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Student Orchestra from Netherlands is playing in Plovdiv on July 1 - free admission




The Vu-orchestra is the student orchestra from the VU University of Amsterdam and is one of the most famous and pioneering amateur orchestra in the Netherlands.

With a large group of playing musicians (80 to 120 students), the orchestra mostly plays late-romantic pieces. This orchestra was also the first student orchestra in the Netherlands who played symphonies of Mahler and Shostakovitsch. Besides this the orchestra also plays a lot o...

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Today - International Film Festival opens in PLovdiv




The fifth edition of "Europe is Here" Film Festival opens in Plovdiv, June 22 to 26, 2009, at the Geo Milev movie theater.

20 movies, 5 documentaries, 4 animation fils and 5 student productions will be participating in the 5-day program of the film fest. Tickets will be sold outside Plovdiv Municipality and at the theater's box office.