EastJet Hopes to Connect Kosovo to Switzerland in 2010
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The firm, according to Balkan Insight, also intends to connect Kosovo to other European cities at a later date.
EasyJet has applied to Pristina International Airport, PIA, for the right to run two flights a week between Geneva and Prishtina from June 19 of next year, PIA spokesman Altin Ahmeti confirmed to the the Prishtina daily Express, adding that, “This company will increase competition in the market and will lower prices because of the cheap services it offers.”
According to Balkan Insight, the closest cities to Prishtina, which are currently services by the low cost airline, include Dubrovnik in Croatia and Thessaloniki in Greece.
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A Perfect Shot
In Homo Urbanus Europeanus, exhibited May 9-24 in front of the National Theatre in Sofia, Jean-Marc Caracci presents his photographs of people in the urban environment of European capitals.
RED&WHITE SOFIA. On the 1st of March Bulgarians say goodbye to the winter. They buy each other red&white threads to carry around until they see a stork and spring can begin. Photography by Lode Desmet
BULGARIA D'OR: The Bulgarian countryside, patinated with the noble golden dust of the autumn. Photographs by Lode Desmet
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The exhibition Photographs of a Trip Through Bulgaria by Hungarian photographer András Balla can be seen in Sofia's Hungarian Cultural Institute, at Aksakov 16 Street, until August 22
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Off-the-season Beauty of Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast | Photographs by Adelina Iliev
Bulgaria's Northern Black Sea Coast
Photographs by Albena Shkodrova
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