Sofia News January, 2008

2008/01/31

The 12th edition of International Sofia Film Fest starts on March 6-16 with additional program on March 17 to March 23 in Sofia, Plovdiv and Burgas.
The fest includes 100 movies, 20 documentary and 60 short movies.
The film marathon will be opened on March 6 in Hall 1 of National Palace of Culture (NDK) with a movie of famous Bulgarian director Rangel Vulchanov called ‘And Where Do We Go Today'.

Main accent on this year's edition will be placed on the contemporary Russian...

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2008/01/30

The first event in February of the World Beat Nights – Dancing Around The Globe is a Brazilian Night at Pulse Club in Sofia.
Global Vision Circle organises the event on February 1 2008.

The Brazilian Night will follow the tradition of live music performances with the participation of Dante and Giovanni from Brazil and their instrumental chorinho music. Bulgarian Capoeira Association Team will support the show on traditional capoeira instruments.

To make the night complete, traditional...

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2008/01/29

Last Sunday, January 27 at Sofia's airport landed FTV topmodels who were lodged later on in Sofia's most luxury hotel - Metropolitan.

The pretty girls known mostly from revues on Fashion TV, arrived for the finals of Miss Euromodel competition.

The event coincides with the first birthday of Euromodels agency. This is the first time when topmodels from 18 countries gather in Bulgaria.

The most...

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2008/01/29

The Dutch government will finance a traffic research of Sofia. After that should be elaborated a central system for the traffic management, based on the research, the online edition of Dnevnik daily reported.
The Dutch will allow for the purpose 200,000 EUR.

The project agreement was signed on Monday, January 28 by Sofia's mayor Boiko Borisov and the Dutch Ambassador to Bulgaria Willem van Ee.

The project will be executed by Dutch and Bulgarian experts.

The necessary sum of 10 million...

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2008/01/25

Jazz-lovers will be able to enjoy a live performance by one of the world’s most acclaimed and loved singers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, in Bulgaria’s capital. The concert will take place on March 18 in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture.

The brand new programme of the songstress includes the presentation of her latest album, Red Earth: a Malian Journey. Described by her as the culmination of her decision to discover her African roots, it combines voices, music and instruments of Mali with...

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