Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Four Bulgarians proceed to Allianz Cup tennis tournament second round
Elitsa Kostova proceeds to the second round of the Allianz Cup tennis tournament in Sofia with a prize fund worth 25,000 US dollars. The third-seeded Bulgarian defeated Yasmin Gulman of Turkey 6:0, 6:1 and will play versus Russian Viktoria Kamenskaya for a place at the quarterfinals. Dia Evtimova has also been successful at the first round...
Bulgarian global leader in semantic technologies to be listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange
Semantic technologies for data processing are in a nutshell search tools that scan a database not only on the basis of keywords but also based on logical connections and context. A Bulgarian company positioned as a technology leader in this market has recently presented its new platform NOW (News on the Web). NOW is interesting with the fact that...
Sofia expected to hone recognition of Bulgarians abroad ethnic origin
It has become known that in evaluations of the parliamentary committee for Bulgarians abroad, about 200,000 or even more Macedonian nationals were willing to become Bulgaria citizens. This requires an improved procedure for recognition of the Bulgarian origin of Bulgarian diaspora members. The problem with origin recognition is not new and its...
Refugees – the next great European policy
“The solution to the refugee crisis is beyond the powers of any country, whichever it might be. Europe can solve different crises, whether Greek, Ukrainian, refugee or any other only when we are together”, said yesterday President Rossen Plevneliev in his speech on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the Unification of the...
NATO activates command centers in six European capitals
At an official ceremony in Sofia yesterday, NATO unveiled its integration unit of the Alliance forces in Bulgaria. The ceremony was attended by Bulgaria’s President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Rossen Plevneliev, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, deputy assistant of the Secretary-General of Political Affairs and Security Policy,...
Gabrovo hosts 13th International Folk Crafts Fair
The 13th edition of the International Fair of Folk Crafts is to take place from September 4 to 6 in the Architectural ethnographic complex Etara close to Gabrovo. The event is organized under the patronage of the National Assembly Speaker of Bulgaria Mrs. Tsetska Tsacheva and is organized jointly by the Ministry of Culture, Gabrovo Municipality...
Sofia hosts 12th International Congress on Southeast European Studies
“Southeast Europe and European integration: political, socio-economic and cultural aspects” – this is the motto at the 11th International Congress on East European Studies, held in Sofia from 31 August to 4 September. More about the history of the Congress we learn from prof. Alexander Kostov from the Institute for Balkan...
NATO Force Integration Unit opens in Sofia
The Ministry of Defense is the venue of a ceremony for opening the NATO Force Integration Unit – NFIUs in Bulgaria. The decision for creating such a unit was made in September 2014 at the Wales Summit of the Alliance. In order to enhance its defense in the context of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, NATO activates simultaneously similar...
Foreign tourists to Bulgaria grow less
For the second year in a row Bulgaria fails to attract more than 1 million foreign tourists in July – the first of the two strongest tourist months in this country. The record high number of guests was registered in 2012 and 2013, the National Statistical Institute informs. This year, in July, the number of persons visiting this country for a...
Demographic perspective darkest in Bulgaria, UN says
A report of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs DESA of the UN marks that the forecast on Bulgaria’s demographic development is the darkest one in the world. In the period 2015 – 2020 the Bulgarian population will shrink by 27.9%, dropping down to 5,154,000 people from the current number of 7,152,000. Neighboring Romania is the...
