Two Bulgarian and three foreign films received Golden Chest Grand Prix at the 26th Golden Chest International Festival for TV Film Productions. The Golden Chest Grand Prix for best Bulgarian TV feature film went to `Letter to America,` directed by Iglika
The bigggest ever jackpot was hit on October 7 after the 80th drawing in the `6 from 49` game, representatives of the Bulgarian Sports Totalizer reported. The lucky person who managed to hit the jackpot is to receive BGN 2,832,953.
October 8 –14, 2001 ARIES
The opening of the new season of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov on October 2 coincides with its 100th anniversary and will be commemorated with events during the next three years. Special performances, exhibitions, lectures, contests, charity events, tou
The musicians from the `Laureate` group and their leader - violine-player Vasko Vassilev, will present in Sofia their second album `Virtuoso Vivaldi`. The promotion will take place on October 8 in the `Earth and People` museum.
Nine Bulgarians children, aged five to seven were awarded at the `Joy of Europe` 4th International Art Competition in Belgrade. 7,000 pictures from children from Eastern Europe and India were exhibited.
An exhibition of photo pictures taken during the last Antarctic expedition opens Tuesday in Sofia University `St. Kliment Ohridski`.
October 1 – 7, 2001 ARIES
The 26 edition of the film festival `Golden Chest` starts in Plovdiv today. The forum, dedicated to the TV productions, is to be opened at noon in the Moscow hall of the Novotel.
A ten day fest starts on October 26 in Hall N1 of the National Palace of Culture. The fest will end with a concert of the group `Bond`.
Today the premiere of the play `Virtuous and Inaccurate` will be performed in the Satire Theatre. The creator of the `anti-baby` is a cousin of Jacob Gerasy, who has a foundation in Bulgaria.
Hilton Sofia offers new service, called Hilton Magic Weekend. The service is targeted at Bulgarians, expatriate and diplomatic residents in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian top model Stanimira Koleva is the `new face` of the world known trademark for hair products `Pantene.` Koleva is 17 and comes from Stara Zagora.
Charming Alsu, who is lately equally famous both in Russia and England, sang on September 26 in front of the `Alexander Nevski` Cathedral. The spectacular concert was devoted to the 10th birthday of the petrol giant `LUKoil`.
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Traditional and contemporary Korean art and culture is presented in Sofia for one month. The Korean Culture Days started a week ago with the opening of the Contemporary Korean Art Exhibition at the National Art Gallery.
The International Hair and Beauty Festival will take place in the National Palace of Cuture on September 23. The annual forum, organized by the Bulgarian Hair Stylists Association, has been held since 1996.
The 4-year-old Lyuben Nedkov from Pleven won a gold medal at the World Biennial in Japan. His drawing `Friends` was selected by the jury among 42,400 works of young artists from 114 countries.
Evgenia Zhivkova, Member of Parliament and famous Bulgarian designer brought together politicians, diplomats and actors from different parties, states and genres to the show her latest collection. She is the granddaughter of the communist leader Todor Zhi
The National Theatre star Anya Pencheva was hired to play in the American film `Megalodon.` The shooting of the film will start in the beginning of October in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian Consulate in Istanbul organized a wine tasting event on September 20. The Bulgarian company Domain Boyar presented three of its quality wines, Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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