Bulgarian Heroes Join St. Petersburg's Waxworks Collection
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Lifestyle: 7 January 2005, Friday. The figures of the Bulgarian liberation heroes Vassil Levski and Hristo Botev will join the collection of the Sank Petersburg's museum of wax figures.
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Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed a 2 400-year-old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king, a newspaper said on Friday.
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Â· Remains are believed to be those of tsar's children Â· Discovery in clearing is linked to 1918 shootings
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Masterpieces from Russia are secured for a Royal Academy 'blockbuster' exhibition in London.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Russian billionaire pays over Â£25m for treasures Â· Usmanov coup follows major Arsenal investment
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - A man on Friday smashed a glass display case and tried to steal an antique silver ladle from Russia's Hermitage Museum, scene of a mass theft of artworks uncovered this year.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II, seeking to heal rifts with other Christians, yesterday handed over the relics of two Orthodox saints that were brought to Rome from ancient Constantinople centuries ago.
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Their watercolors have focused wide attention on a vulnerable population in the booming Russian capital.
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The imperial tradition of winter balls is being revived in St Petersburg.
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Business: 26 November 2004, Friday. A Christmas Crafts Bazaar opens in the Bulgarian capital Friday, bringing under the same roof 8,500 works by 145 craftsmen from across the country.
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Lifestyle: 24 December 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's state railway service inaugurated a special Santa Claus train Friday, to roll from capital Sofia to the coastal city of Burgas and back.
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A group of children from Beslan arrives on Wednesday in the most famous Bohemian spa of Karlovy Vary following an agreement reached between the Czech Foreign Ministry and the Russian Red Cross Committee, ...
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The Moisseyev Ballet, the Baltic fleet orchestra and artisans from the southern Russian city of Tula are all set to feature at the Russian Art Festival, hosted by the swish southern French town of Cannes later this month, organisers said.
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Lifestyle: 27 October 2004, Wednesday. A major pop concert was staged in Bulgaria's capital Sofia to mark the 100th anniversary of the National Theater Ivan Vazov.
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THE SLOVAK National Museum in Bratislava is launching two exhibitions on medieval history and the moon, respectively, at Bratislava Castle.
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On a central square in the Bulgarian capital, where Sofia's homeless fill plastic water bottles from a public fountain, icons and a large wooden cross form a crude, improvised altar.