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| updated on 9/12/18 1:57 PM

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A few hours before the start of the matches from B Group of the World Volleyball Championship in Russe, on the Danube, volleyball legend and current vice-president of the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation – Luybo Fanev presented to Russe’s public the book and photo album “Lyubo Ganev: The World from a Height”.  Photo: BTA


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A team from the fire department of the town of Haskovo, southern Bulgaria, conducted training with hydraulic equipment for providing first aid in case of accidents and catastrophes.  Photo: BTA

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The most prominent Italian master of Fresco painting Vico Calabarò gave classes at the Tsanko Lavrenov National Art School in Plovdiv. The 80-year old painter visited the city under a project of the FRESCO school. The aim of the project is teach young artists practicing wall panting the almost forgotten wall painting technique of the Fresco. Photos: BTA


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National Stadium Vassil Levski in Sofia played host to the friendly match between the National Guard’s Unit of Bulgaria and the British Royal Air Forces Icarus. The football team of the British Royal Air Forces has chosen Bulgaria’s capital Sofia for its training and friendly matches for the second consecutive year. Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Krassimir Karakachanov and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria H. E. Emma Hopkins attended the friendly match. Photo: BTA


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