Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad gives awards to participants in three children’s competitions
Since its creation in 1992, the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad has aimed at preserving and supporting the education of Bulgarian children abroad and at contributing to the spiritual unity of all Bulgarians across the world. The agency keeps contact with many Bulgarian organizations, associations, youth unions, and has been searching for and...
Eurostat: Bulgaria gave citizenship to 914 people from countries outside EU in 2017
Bulgaria has given citizenship to 914 citizens from countries outside the European Union. This is what the latest data from the European Statistical Office Eurostat, released today shows, referring to 2017. Most Bulgarian passports were issued to Ukrainian citizens – 204, followed by Russians – 174 and Turks – 110. By...
President Rumen Radev opens Rozhen Festival of Folklore Art and Stockbreeding
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev opened the Rozhen Festival of Folklore Art and Stockbreeding-Heritage in the Future 2019 in the Rhodopes. Thousands of people from Bulgaria and abroad arrived today to take part at the Rozhen festival. Bulgaria would be left an orphan without the magic of the Rhodope song and the life-giving sound of the...
1.750 cetacean mammals registered in the Black Sea basin
The largest study of cetacean mammals in the Black Sea basin ended in nearly three weeks. The researchers flew over 12,000 kilometers during the study. A total of 1.750 cetacean mammals have been registered in the aquatory of five Black Sea countries-Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey and Georgia, the Green Balkans organization, who studied the...
Renowned artists to teach at 2019 International Summer Art Academy in Sozopol
In the second half of July Bulgaria’s coastal town of Sozopol will host a series of cultural, art and music events. Sozopol, which has been a favorite sea resort to many Bulgarian generations, attracts the art elite during the Apollonia Arts Festival which begins on August 29. Until, then, a series of events will draw the attention of the...
Ekaterina Zaharieva: European Union is the best place to live
The Eastern Partnership has achieved significant results, but there is still more to be done. The EU must have a vision for the future of the Eastern Partnership after 2020, Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said at the Batumi International Conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the...
Bulgaria’s law-enforcement authorities dismantle two illegal cigarette factories employing Ukrainian and Moldovan citizens
The Bulgarian law-enforcement authorities dismantled two illegal cigarette factories near the city of Plovdiv in the villages of Trud and Razhevo Konare. Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov, this country’s Deputy Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior Ivaylo Ivanov arrived at the village of...
Deputy Prime Minister Mariyana Nikolova meets with Bulgarian community in Toronto
Deputy Prime Minister Mariyana Nikolova met with the Bulgarian community at the North Macedonia-Bulgaria church Saints Cyril and Methodius in Toronto. We would like our compatriots abroad to return and the government endeavours to create good conditions for this to happen, Mariyana Nikolova said. The experience you have, your qualification could...
Bulgaria hands over Chairmanship of BSEC to Greece
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia hosts the 40th Meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs. All BSEC members are represented at the meeting-Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Egypt and Tunisia are participating as observers. The...
Majesty of Old Bulgarian capital city comes alive with battle reenactments and culinary surprises
In the Tsarevets Fortress, Veliko Turnovo, the 5th edition of the international festival “Medieval Tarnovgrad” /29 June – 01 July/, starts. This year, the forum is dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the rule of the great Bulgarian Tsar Ivan-Assen II in the period 1218-1241. At that time the city reached a real prosperity and...
