Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Cabinet supports Bulgarian communities abroad
The Bulgarian cabinet adopted a Programme for support of the Bulgarian communities in Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Ukraine, Moldova and of citizens of North Macedonia with Bulgarian self-awareness. Organizations of Bulgarian communities which registered under the local law will receive financial assistance from the state budget between 2020 and 2024....
Bulgaria’s government discusses state support for Bulgarian communities abroad
At its regular weekly sitting today, the Bulgarian cabinet will discuss a draft programme for support of organizations of the Bulgarian communities in Albania, Kosovo, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia and Moldova. Approval of a report on the state defense and armed forces is also on the provisional agenda. …read more Source:: Radio...
Ukrainian MPs want to know more about Bulgarian experience in fighting COVID-19
Bulgaria has taken good and timely measures against the spread of COVID-19. We hope that you will allow us to use your experience in the fight against the virus and to apply it in our country, an official letter to the Bulgarian National Assembly from the Group for Friendship with Bulgaria in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, reads. Ukrainian MPs...
Bulgaria closes transit commercial traffic to Turkey for 67 countries
Bangladesh, Belgium, UAE, United Kingdom, Algeria, Djibouti, Chad, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Philippines, Finland, France, Guatemala, Korea, Georgia, India, Netherlands, Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Cameroon, Canada, Montenegro, Kazakhstan,...
Traffic situation across Bulgarian borders at 06:00 on March 25
The Ministry of Interior has reported that as of March 25, Bulgarians traveling to Romania are subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine at their designated address in Bulgaria’s northern neighbor. This does not apply to drivers of trucks and Bulgarian citizens traveling transit. Trucks traveling to Moldova and Ukraine can only enter Romania...
Children from the Bulgarian Diaspora can now study at theological seminaries in Sofia and Plovdiv
Sofia’s Тheological Сeminary “Sveti Ioan Rilsk” (Saint John of Rila) and the Plovdiv-based Theological Seminary “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” are secondary theological schools in which, along with young people from all over Bulgaria, ethnic Bulgarians from Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine and Albania are trained. The idea of accepting as...
Because of COVID-19, Bulgaria lifts ban on analgin-quinine
Bulgarian pharmaceutical companies are ready to produce quinine-based medicines. At a meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev and the National Headquarters responsible for stopping Covid-19, it was decided to stop the export of quinine-based tablets produced for Ukraine and Russia. The Bulgarian Drug Agency is...
The spread of COVID-19 imposes new travel restrictions
Latest updates on travel restrictions as of March 15, 2020 (according to Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Albania From 12:00 am on 03/15/2020, all land border crossings of Albania with neighbouring countries – Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Greece, are closed for all types of public and private transport until second...
Days of Orthodox Christian Cinema kick off in Bulgaria’s town of Lovech
The 13th edition of Days of Orthodox Cinema will open on March 10 with the film Portaitissa of Donetsk by director Natalia Batraeva. The film tells the story of the life under fire of the nuns who find meaning in the service of God and people during the civil war in Ukraine. The screenings – on the initiative of the Lovech Bishopric, will...
March 3 as a national day and a new beginning
By a decision of the National Assembly from 5 March, 1990, the date 3 March was proclaimed national day of Bulgaria. This is the day on which the peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was signed in San Stefano (now a neighborhood of Istanbul) in 1878, marking the end of the war between them and the beginning of the restoration of...
