Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
430 literary and art works by Bulgarian children living abroad reviving national memory in Veliki Preslav
On April 19, the award ceremony of the first International Forum “Great Preslav – History of a People”, is to be held under the auspices of Vice President Iliyana Yotova. Literary and artistic works by pupils from different parts of Bulgaria and 10 foreign countries, including Kazakhstan, Ukraine, USA, Spain and Macedonia will be...
Bulgaria wins five medals at rhythmic gymnastics world cup in Pesaro, Italy
The Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team won the gold medal in the three rings and two pairs of clubs finals in the first rhythmic gymnastics world cup for the year in Pesaro, Italy. Second comes Ukraine, and third – Israel. This was the second medal for the Bulgarian group team at the world cup in Pesaro after the silver in the all-around event....
Tsarina Marinkova: I like projects that bring a touch of experiment into the mix
Tsarina Martinkova is a pianist born in Bulgaria, while violinist Anna Antypova is from Ukraine. They got to know each other a few years ago and almost immediately started playing together. At first they performed during meetings with friends before they turned into a duo with extensive concert activity. Both have received serious music education...
No new NATO forces to be deployed in Bulgarian portion of Black Sea: Ekaterina Zaharieva
The package of measures to improve NATO’s situational awareness in the Black Sea region presented at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Washington DC does not include the deployment of new forces in the Bulgarian portion of the Black Sea, the focus is on cooperation and coordination with Georgia and Ukraine, and will not entail any...
Bulgarian Memory Foundation’s spring seminar – a step towards EU and future of children from Bulgarian communities abroad
Almost 200 Bulgarian children from North Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Albania, Serbia, as well as the Western Rhodopes and the region of Tervel participate in the 24th edition of the Spring Seminar organized by the Bulgarian Memory Foundation, being held until April 5 in Kranevo, on the Black Sea coast. The motto is “Innovation, Progress...
Beech forests in Central Balkan Park are already part of UNESCO list of natural heritage
The Central Balkan National Park received UNESCO’s World Heritage Site designation on March 27. This way the beech forests in the park have become part of the European heritage site “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”. Bulgaria participates with its most representative beech...
Bulgartransgaz reverses Trans-Balkan gas pipeline
Bulgaria’s state energy company Bulgartransgaz announced that due to the reversion of the direction of the gas supplies through the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline on April 1, 2019, it will increase by 400% the transferring capacity for gas imports (Greece to Bulgaria) via Kulata-Sidirocastro station. Gazprom warned that in 2020 it will suspend...
Bulgaria provides financial assistance to countries from the Western Balkans, East Europe and Caucasia
Bulgaria will provide gratuitous financial assistance to countries from the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Caucasia to the tune of EUR 1.7 million to finance projects in education, science, culture, social integration and civil society. The money is allotted from the budget of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the fulfillment of...
Bulgaria’s economy experiences shortage of labor, employers look to hire pensioners and foreigners
Bulgaria’s economy is constantly growing and despite the increase of exports, local consumption and investments it is experiencing huge deficit of workforce. In 2018 the GDP growth reached 3.1% and one year earlier it was to the tune of 3.6%. The International Monetary Fund and Fitch Ratings forecast that in 2019 this country’s...
Cruise companies avoid Black Sea ports due to annexation of Crimea
Major cruise companies avoid the Black Sea ports due to the uncertain geopolitical situation after the annexation of Crimea,Portseurope.com announced. Only two cruise ships visited Bulgarian ports in 2017. In 2018 there were no visits at all. The expectations for the summer of 2019 are for one visit only. 2014 was the last strong year for the...
