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Lifestyle: 15 October 2004, Friday. The first Iceland Culture Festival Ice Art was officially opened in Sofia, to end October 19.
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The Glastonbury rock and pop festival kicked off Friday with Arctic Monkeys and Bjork headlining as heavy rain transformed the vast countryside venue into a mud bog.
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Politics: 21 October 2004, Thursday. The edifice of the Archeology Museum in Sofia was lit by a light spectacle Wednesday night, marking the culmination of a campaign for fighting osteoporosis.
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Lifestyle: 17 November 2004, Wednesday. An extraordinary exhibition of Snail Art will occupy the faade of Sofia's Hilton Hotel to boost cultural variety in the capital city during winter months.
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RIBNOVO, Bulgaria  - Fikrie Sabrieva, 17, will marry with her eyes closed and her face painted white, dotted with bright sequins. She lives 'at the end of the world', tending a hardy Muslim culture in largely Christian Bulgaria.
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REYKJAVIK, Nov 22 (IPS) - Since May this year, there has been a huge influx  of foreigners to Iceland. That is quite  striking, considering  that only 20 years ago Iceland was considered almost ethnically  'pure'.
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Lifestyle: 28 September 2004, Tuesday. American soap opera stars are visiting Bulgaria for international film festival.
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Lifestyle: 10 September 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's capital is getting ready for week-long partying ahead of Septemer 17 St Sofia Day.
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Lifestyle: 6 November 2004, Saturday. Bulgaria's capital is bracing up for a large-scale rakiya revelry in its central area, aiming to add to the Guinness world records.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 26 December 2004, Sunday. Christmas gifts were given by Santa Clause to the good children and parents traveling to and from Sofia at the Central Bus station in the Bulgarian capital.
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Lifestyle: 9 November 2004, Tuesday. Bulgarian actor Yasen Peyankov stars in the newest movie of Robert Altman The Company that will be presented in Sofia during the Kinomania fest.
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Thousands of music fans are expected at the twin Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend.
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Politics: 15 November 2004, Monday. Sofia welcomed Monday high-profile statesmen from all Balkan countries, to a conference focused on partnership in the region.
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Politics: 8 October 2004, Friday. Bulgaria marked Friday the World Mental Health Day with a Sofia event joined by the Swedish ambassador.
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Politics: 4 January 2005, Tuesday. The National Association of the Bulgarian transporting companies will organize protests in some of Bulgaria's biggest cities including Sofia, Plovdiv and Pleven.
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British billionaire Richard Branson   said on Wednesday that he was looking to set up music festivals   in several countries as rock stars take to the road to offset   dwindling music sales.
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