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| updated on 4/17/19 3:43 PM


The Vazrazhdane (Revival Period) Central Square of the city of Plovdiv is decorated with a basket full of enormous Easter eggs. It brings in the festive mood to the place before the Easter holidays we are to celebrate March 28. Photo: BTA


The resort center of Zlatni Pyasatsi (Golden Sands) is the venue of yet another edition of the traditional expo “Food and Drinks for Tourism”. This year’s edition of the forum features over 130 Bulgarian and foreign companies – producers and distributors from the sphere of the food industry. Photos: BTA


Sofia City Gallery launches the exhibition “Portrait of a Friend”. It is part of the Gallery’s project “The other eye”.  Photo: BGNES


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