Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Balkan Developments
At UN session Greece calls on Turkey to restore museum status of Hagia Sophia Greece, along with a number of international organizations, wants Turkey to return the former status of the Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul. Ankara turned the ancient architectural monument into a mosque in 2020. Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias spoke at...
Bulgaria’s Kardzhali looking for international workforce
In Kardzhali, Southern Bulgaria, the lack of workers has led to the need of hiring workforce from abroad, BNR correspondent Valya Apostolova reported. A company for the production of hydraulic cylinders in Kardzhali is the first in the district to hire foreign workers. 10 people from Ukraine have already started work there. Another 70 are...
Bulgarian super band tops rock charts in Greece and Portugal
A song by Bulgarian band Intelligent Music Project has topped the charts of three Greek radio stations, while Chilean Ronald Ronnie Romero, vocalist and frontman of the band, became number one in Portugal. Dr. Milen Vrabevski stands in the core of these events as he is author of the music, lyrics and arrangements of all the songs of the super...
Problems turn apiculture from a traditional occupation into a hobby
The number of Bulgarians who devote themselves to beekeeping has decreased recently, because apiculture in this country is in a deep crisis. On February 10, when we honor the memory of Great Martyr Charalambos the Wonder Worker who is regarded the patron saint of bees and apiarists, we are trying to get to the root of the problem. On one hand,...
President Rumen Radev to seek second term
President Rumen Radev announced he would be running for a second term of office alongside Vice-President Iliana Iotova. During a one-hour press conference marking four years since his inauguration, the Bulgarian head of state called for reforms in the Election Code, the updating of the electoral registers, live streaming of the election protocols...
Bulgarian school to open in Odessa
At a meeting with Bulgaria’s Consul General Svetoslav Ivanov, Chairman of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Sergei Grinevetsky supported the idea of opening a Bulgarian school in Odessa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported. The question was first raised by Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva during...
Photographers to capture life of Bessarabian Bulgarians
Documentary photographers Mihaela Arroyo and Denislav Stoychev are in the city of Taraclia in Moldova to capture the lives of Bessarabian Bulgarians, BTA reports. Their idea is for photos to show more about our compatriots who emigrated to Wallachia, Moldova and Ukraine during the Russo-Turkish War; “not only their customs and traditions,...
Serbia’s Slobodan Simic wins Aleko 2020 literary award
The celebrations of the 158th anniversary of the birth of the emblematic Bulgarian writer Aleko Konstantinov began today in his native town Svishtov. The Aleko Literary Prize was awarded for the 54th time. This year’s winner of the distinction for a humorous short story is Serbian psychiatrist, aphorist and writer Slobodan Simic. He was...
Bulgaria is fourth in ranking of highest rated national parks in Europe
Bulgaria places fourth in the ranking of countries with highest rated national parks in Europe, a study conducted by SaveOnEnergy.com/uk shows. Bulgaria occupies this position with a TripAdvisor score of 9.64. Ukraine ranks first with a TripAdvisor score of 9.73. The Ukraine National Park with the highest rating is the Carpathian National Nature...
Unusually warm winter keeps red-breasted geese away from their wintering area
According to the latest coordinated bird census in Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria, the globally threatened red-breasted geese have not yet returned to their usual wintering area – Shabla and Durankulak lakes on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast because of the high winter temperatures. Normally, the entire population of Europe’s...
