Section: Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s Black Sea Hotels and Restaurants Seek to Hire Seasonal Workers
Bulgarian seaside hotels and restaurants started recruiting applicants for seasonal work. The largest number of vacancies is for waiters, bar tenders, chefs, maids and administrators, reports BNT. Atanas Karageorgiev. hotel manager: Every year it is getting more difficult because there is a lack workers, not just qualified workers. Young people...
About 1% of the Population in Bulgaria are Citizens of non-EU Countries
As of January 1, 2018, around 71,000 citizens from non-EU countries resided in Bulgaria, accounting for about 1 percent of the Bulgarian population of 7,050,000 at that date. This shows data from a Eurostat analysis of migration processes in the countries of the Community as of 1 January 2018. At the same time, some 13,000 citizens from EU-28...
Music of Europe 2 – Turkey promises true flute feast
The Istanbul Flute Ensemble (İstanbul Flüt Topluluğu) holds its concert today (March 18) in Bulgaria Chamber Hall in Sofia. It is dedicated to the Music of Europe 2 series of concerts that started in the beginning of 2019. The previous editions of the Music of Europe already presented pieces by Russian, Norwegian, Macedonian, Serbian, Kosovan,...
Bulgarian Katrin Taseva with Gold and Bronze of Grand Prix in Ukraine
Katrin Taseva won the gold medal in the finals of the Grand Prix tournament in rhythmic gymnastics in Kiev, Ukraine. The Bulgarian made a great race and ended with a full set of medals after taking silver last night, and today bronze at the end of a hoop. Taseva was with the last start number of the band and after a strong combination received a...
Rumen Ovcharov: Clear Statement is Needed on the Benefits of “TurkStream”
,,Russia continues to seek an option to transit gas through Bulgaria. We have guaranteed certain payments by Russia by 2030 for this transit.” This was stated by Rumen Ovcharov from the National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) in “The Day begins with Georgi Lyubenov” on BNT. He called for clear estimates to be...
Captured moments from near and far preserving Bulgarian memory
Italy is the home of some of the greatest sculptors and painters in the world but the statue of Leonardo da Vinci at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport is the work of Bulgarian sculptor Assen Peykov. However, few Bulgarians have heard about him. In Italy the sculptor is better-known and the small square in front of his home, near the Colosseum is...
About 70 000 Bulgarians Chose Holiday Cruises for their Vacation
More and more Bulgarians choose cruises for holiday. Such is the trend in the world. Last year, just under 28 million people were cruising around the world, up 5.5 per cent a year earlier. This year, nearly 30 million people are expected to opt for cruises. Of these, about 12 000 will be Bulgarians. This shows the data of the Bulgarian office of...
The Bulgarian “Euroins” Buys Four ERGO Companies
Euroins Insurance Group has concluded an agreement to acquire four insurance companies in three European countries – Romania, the Czech Republic and Belarus, the company said. The companies are subsidiaries of the German ERGO – one of the leading insurance groups in Europe and part of Munich Re, which is one of the world’s...
Gazprom Stops Transit of Gas to Turkey Through Bulgaria
Gazprom stops transit of gas to Turkey through Bulgaria. The company has sent an official letter to the Bulgarian government stating that it will stop supplying gas on the Trans-Balkan Corridor through Ukraine until January 2020, the Turkish version of the Russian Sputnik News site reports. Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has confirmed the...
The Black Sea Megalithic bow – questions rather than answers
The Megaliths – these mysterious rock objects, created millennia back in history, can be found in various parts of the world. Scholars divide them in Dolmens and Menhirs. Dolmens are stone structures in the shape of a cube with a large square aperture on one side and a slanting lid-like roof, built with no mortar. The Menhirs are large standing...
