Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Ahead of International Women’s Day, March 8, Donka Minkovskaya from Bessarabia mounts exhibition in the land of her forefathers
Have you ever opened a vintage chest to find a roll of cheesecloth, brightly coloured embroidery and fleecy rugs, hand-woven blankets, a different world made of hard work, colour and memories… This is the world young artist Donka Minkovskaya, a Bulgarian artist from Ukraine is going back to. She came to the land of her forefathers to put on...
Boxer Tervel Pulev with 7th victory as professional
Bulgarian boxer Tervel Pulev has achieved his seventh victory out of seven games in the professional ring. The younger brother of European Super Heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev did not have any problems against Charniakevich from Belarus, winning with a technical knockout in the second round of the match that took place in Berlin.This has been...
First regular flight between Sofia and Odessa to be performed on December 22
On December 22 Bulgaria Air is to perform the first regular flight between Sofia and Odessa, the press center of the Bulgarian government informed. There will be two flights a week (on Friday and Sunday) in both directions. The new airline will improve coherence between Bulgaria and Ukraine and will allow the Bulgarian communities in Ukraine to...
Complaint of Ukrainian state company blocks order for Bulgarian MiG-29 jet fighters repair
The Ukrainian state company UkrObornProm has lodged a complaint at the Commission for Protection of Competition against a resolution of the Ministry of Defense for the maintenance of 15 MiG-29 jet fighters for a term of 4 years for the amount of 41 million euro. Following direct contracting, the Russian RSK “MiG” has been selected to be...
Prosecutor’s Office brings charges in connection with Hera ship sinking
Fourteen years after the sinking of the Bulgarian ship Hera, the Sofia Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges against two persons – Milen Balchev, Director of Providence Shipping & Trading OOD, and Stefcho Minchev, Technical Director of the company. The two are facing charges for the damage and sinking of the motor ship which resulted...
Prosecutor’s Office brings charges in connection with Hera ship sinking
Fourteen years after the sinking of the Bulgarian ship Hera, the Sofia Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges against two persons – Milen Balchev, Director of Providence Shipping & Trading OOD, and Stefcho Minchev, Technical Director of the company. The two are facing charges for the damage and sinking of the motor ship which resulted...
Bulgarians from Ukraine happy with choice of Bulgarian university
The Danube town of Svishtov hosted a meeting of ethnic Bulgarians from Bessarabia, Ukraine – currently students from different courses at the Academy of Economics in that town – with Deputy Rector Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Ninov. Assoc. Prof. Ninov recalled that the faculty was seeking for opportunities to attract students from the Bulgarian diaspora....
Irina Bokova, Boil Banov sign agreement to extend work of UNESCO regional Center in Sofia
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Bulgarian Minister of Culture Boil Banov signed an agreement in Paris to continue the operations of the UNESCO Regional Center for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sofia. The agreement has been extended for a new six-year period. The Center in Sofia brings together the efforts of 16...
Bulgarians around the world long to be heard in their country
Bulgarians around the world long to be heard in their country. This is the idea that united the participants in the 8th session of the World Parliament of Bulgarians held in Sofia on November 4 and 5. This is a structure formed during the first Grand Assembly of Bulgarians around the World in 2008, when the participants urged citizens’...
Ancient Bulgarian manuscripts stored at the Russian State Library
Did you know that alongside numerous unique Slavic written sources, the funds of the Russian State Library store some 1,000 ancient Bulgarian manuscripts? Here is chief paleographer, Prof. Marina Krutova from the “Manuscripts” department with more about them: “One of the oldest manuscripts of Bulgarian origin is the Slepchanski Apostle, written...
