Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria rises in world competitiveness list
The yearbook of the Institute for Management Development (Switzerland) registering world competitiveness in 2016 Bulgaria ranks 50th among 61 economies. This is five positions better on 2015. However, this country remains one of the least competitive in Europe followed only by Greece, Croatia and Ukraine. The lack of dynamism in the economy and...
Second gold for Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnastics team in World Cup race
The Bulgarian group team of rhythmic gymnastics has won a second title today at the World Cup tournament in Sofia. After the gold in five ribbons, the Bulgarians were ranked first in the routine with two hoops and three pairs of clubs. The team lined up with Mihaela Maevska, Reneta Kamberova, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, Tsvetelina Naydenova and...
Brussels gives green light to Sofia’s gas ambitions
“Bulgaria is a key country in the European energy system and has the potential to build a powerful gas hub that will enable the use of different sources of gas, including Russian gas.” With these words of encouragement, EU Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete announced two days ago in Sofia that the European Commission...
Boxer Kubrat Pulev fourth in world ranking
European heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria has been ranked fourth in the chart of leading heavyweight boxers of the prestigious publication Boxing News. The chart is led by Tyson Fury who replaced Wladimir Klitschko at the boxing top in late 2015. The Ukrainian is second followed by WBC winner Deontay Wilder. …read more Source:...
3D fantasies brought to life at street art festival
Modern art was always born in the street, right before our eyes and generously expanding its world of illusions with scales and spaces, conquering our imagination. However, the latter turns out to be mortal, just like life. After passing by, memories remain the only gallery of what we have been through. In the end of May the Chirpan village of...
Yordan Yovchev to be inducted into International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
Bulgaria’s legendary gymnast Yordan Yovchev will be inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held today in Oklahoma City, USA. In addition to Bulgaria’s athlete, inducted into the Hall of Fame will be also Aurelia Dobre (Romania), Igor Korobchinski (Ukraine) and Tatiana Lysenko (Ukraine). In 2008,...
Blagoy Ragin: 1% of annual turnover in tourism must be spent on advertising
Bulgaria’s tourism had a good start in 2016 after several years of decline, the Chairman of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association Blagoy Ragin told Radio Bulgaria. This was mainly due to the conflict between Turkey and Russia, the multiple terrorist attacks in Turkey, etc. Experts from the tourism sector forecast that Bulgaria...
Poli Genova ranks Bulgaria fourth at Eurovision 2016
Bulgarian star Poli Genova ranked Bulgaria fourth at last night’s Eurovision 2016 finals in Stockholm. The winner in the song contest is Ukraine with the piece 1944. The Bulgarian and her song If Love was Crime seen as outsiders by the bookmakers have improved Bulgaria’s best-ever Eurovision ranking. In 2007 Elitsa and Stundzhi with...
President Rossen Plevneliev: EU is the most successful peace project
The European Union is a unique peace project, the most successful process of regional integration and the biggest area of human rights and freedoms worldwide, Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev said at a meeting with Bulgarian students and pupils on occasion of Europe Day marked on May 9. The European Union today is the biggest world...
Prof. Elena Genova presents: The Samokov School of iconography
As public relations entered a new stage in the 18th and 19th century, different schools of art took shape in Bulgaria. That was the age of the Bulgarian National Revival; in Western Europe the 18th century was the Age of Enlightenment, a time when the national idea and the national-liberation struggles burgeoned. Education and culture flourished....
