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| updated on 6/21/19 3:00 PM


For the first time a Bulgarian team won the famous International Billfish Fishing Tournament “Ernest Hemingway” in Cuba’s Havana. The competition is one of the most popular in the world of fishing and is taking place every year since 1950, when the winner was Ernest Hemingway himself. This year’s edition of the tournament took place June 11 through 15, with 18 teams from 11 countries.  Photos: cubanautica.travel и cubaoutdoors.com


The Danubean city of Russe is the venue of the Fifth edition of the Live Statues Festival. This year, in the course of four days the figures will be lending mood to the central squares of Svoboda and Battenberg.  Photo: ©Tsvetomir Tsvetanov


An exposition of paintings, arranged in the Ivan Funev Art Gallery in the town of Vratsa, marks the 80th birth anniversary of one of Vratsa’s most successful artists – Vladimir Ganetsovski (1939 – 2002). Photo: BTA


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