Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Bulgarian team wins World Electronic Sports Games tournament in China
The Bulgarian team of Windigo Gaming has triumphed with the title in CS:GO at the prestigious international tournament in China – World Electronic Sports Games (WESG). The Bulgarians became the surprise of the tournament because as were not expected to win but at the final they reached a victory against the Polish team Ago Esports. The team...
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,...
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...
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...
Number Bulgarian passports granted to foreign nationals in 2017 decrease 44% year on year
In 2017 the Republic of Bulgaria granted Bulgarian citizenship to 914 people, data of Eurostat show. 185 Ukrainian nationals (22% of all issued passports), 174 Russians (19%) and 110 Turkish citizens (12%) acquired Bulgarian citizenship. The number of passports issued in 2017 decreased with 44% as compared to the previous year. In 2017 all 28 EU...
Bulgarian Sunday schools abroad expanding activities
At a conference dedicated to the development of Bulgarian Sunday Schools abroad, organized by Malaga-Bulgaria Association (Spain), representatives of schools from Great Britain, Canada, Austria, Germany, Cyprus, Ukraine and Spain discussed opportunities for expanding the scope of training. That is why opportunities for e-learning will be created....
B9 summit in Košice unites countries from NATO’s Eastern flank
The presidents of nine countries from NATO’s Eastern flank, among them the Bulgarian head of state Rumen Radev, expressed serious security concerns over the conflict in Ukraine. “We face the most difficult security challenges in a generation,” reads the final declaration of the meeting. “We are also gravely concerned by Russia’s...
Bulgaria calls for reducing roaming tariffs with Eastern Partnership countries
A study of the possibility for creating an international roaming space between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries is underway. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov declared Bulgaria’s support for this initiative during the 3rd Eastern Partnership Ministerial meeting on...
Opinions of economists and representatives of government differ when asked if economic crisis was soon to be expected
Are we expecting a new global crisis – economic, debt, or financial one and how would the global threat affect this country? Yesterday, at a round table organized by the Higher School of Insurance and Finance, economists, businessmen and representatives of the government were searching for an answer to these questions but opinions differed...
Hamlet quote sounds in 32 languages in Plovdiv
“To be or not to be – that is the question” is a quote of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays Hamlet. It will sound in 32 languages in the Small Basilica in Plovdiv on occasion of the International Mother Language Day marked on February 21. The works of the English dramatist were chosen for this event, because in 2019 we mark his birth...
