Section: Bulgaria
Svetlana Dimitrova: Before uttering a word I was already listening to opera music
Celebrating its 80th anniversary, Radio Bulgaria welcomes you to monthly voting for music from Bulgaria. Lots will be drawn to select the names of the winners – people who have guessed the winning song or tune. Three of them are going to win CDs with music in the respective genre. There are three entries for each month as the winning tune is the...
Sofia ‘Most Dangerous City in EU’
The Bulgarian capital Sofia is the fifth most dangerous city in Europe and the most dangerous in the European Union, a study shows. Moscow, St Petersbourg, Kiev and Belgrade have bottomed the personal safety ranking in a recent report of US think-tank Mercer.The survey, which was published before the attacks in Brussels last week, includes issues...
Bulgaria Mulls Opening Honorary Consulate in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
A Bulgarian Honorary Consulate might be opened in the Eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv that will also have a mandate for Dnipropetrovsk to the south, local media outlets report. Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Ukraine is quoted as saying that authorities are considering the idea, and a name of the potential Honorary Consul has been put...
Bulgaria President Named ‘Person of Year’ in Ukraine
Bulgaria’s head of state Rosen Plevneliev received on Saturday the “Person of the Year 2015” award during his visit to Ukraine. Plevneliev was awarded due to his contribution to Ukraine for his contribution to the defense of the country’s integrity, sovereignty and European values, according to his press office. Another...
Bulgaria President Awarded ‘Person of Year’ in Ukraine
Bulgaria’s head of state Rosen Plevneliev received on Saturday the “Person of the Year 2015” award during his visit to Ukraine. Plevneliev was awarded due to his contribution to Ukraine for his contribution to the defense of the country’s integrity, sovereignty and European values, according to his press office. Another...
Bulgaria to Keep Standing Up for Ukraine’s Integrity – President
Bulgarian supports Ukraine’s path to association to the EU and rapprochement with NATO, President Rosen Plevneliev has said. Meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Kiev, he has asserted that his country backs the “sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Ukraine” and does not recognize the results...
Catholics in Bulgaria expect Easter
On Sunday, the Catholic world celebrates Easter. A relatively small community of Catholics in Bulgaria, just above 1 percent of the population in this country, have also been expecting the Resurrection. History of Catholicism in Bulgaria dates back to the Middle Ages, when monks from the Franciscan Order of today’s Bosnia undertook a...
Bulgarian Catholics want Pope to visit Bulgaria
After meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in Sofia, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said he would send the message of the Catholic community in Bulgaria that they would like the Pope to pay a visit to this country. The only Pope to have visited Bulgaria so far is John Paul II, who arrived in Sofia in 2002....
FlyDubai Plane Crash in Russia Kills All on Board
All 62 people on board a FlyDubai plane which crashed on landing in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, are confirmed dead, Russian officials say.Preliminary data suggests there were 55 passengers and 7 crew on the Boeing 737, which “hit the ground and broke into pieces,” according to the investigative committee quoted by RIA Novosti....
EU-Turkey Summit to Seek Finalization of Migrant Crisis Deal
Prime Ministers of EU member states and Turkey are gathering for a two-day summit bringing together the European Council and Turkey. The summit is set to take place Thursday and Friday, with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to join the second day. Last week EU leaders and Turkey agreed on the broad principles of a deal aimed at curbing the...
