Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Bulgarian children in Ukraine welcome spring with embroidered martenitsas
The Bulgarian children make the symbol of the coming spring- the red and white martenitsas with great desire and diligence. The tradition to give each other beautifully crafted health amulets on the first day of March is alive among the Bulgarians, no matter in which corner of the world they are. Each spring the children from “Svetlina” weekend...
Bulgaria is the country with highest mortality rate
Bulgaria is the country with the highest mortality rate, data of the World Health Organization show. Mortality rate in this country is 15.4 per 1,000 people. Like in the rest of the European countries, the high mortality rate in Bulgaria is due to diseases of the cardiovascular system, non-infectious and cancer diseases. The high mortality...
Dr. Ventseslav Stankov from Bulgaria on the 2020 World’s Top 100 Doctors in Dentistry list
Dr. Ventseslav Stankov from Plovdiv is among the world’s top 100 after the Global Summit Institute put him on the 2020 World’s Top 100 Doctors in Dentistry list. At 36, he is the youngest doctor on the list. Knowing well that his profession makes dreams come true and shapes the future, it is Dr. Ventseslav Stankov’s job to bring...
Bulgaria provides development grants to seven countries
The Bulgarian government approved the conclusion of agreements for provision of gratuitous financial assistance for development in 7 countries-Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and Vietnam. Bulgaria finances 10 projects to the tune of EUR 350,000. The projects aims to boost the quality of education and ensure equal access...
Bulgaria’s cabinet allocates money to Bulgarian communities abroad
The Bulgarian cabinet allocated over EUR 250,000 to finance projects of the Bulgarian communities in Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Ukraine, Moldova and North Macedonia. The money goes to this year’s budget of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet resolution aims to help strengthen organizations and expand their activities...
Bulgaria’s Bansko becomes extreme sports cinema venue
In the period February 20 to February 22, Bansko mountain resort hosts the traditional event “Snow Cinema – Skiing and Snowboarding Movies”. The program includes extreme sports films that reveal the great challenges to one’s will and spirit. The panorama also features winter sports topics such as lifestyle and mountaineering....
Bulgaria to open museum of Hristo Botev in Zadunaevka, Ukraine
Vice President Iliana Yotova presented, to the Council for Work with Bulgarians Abroad, an initiative for creating a museum of Hristo Botev in the village of Zadunaevka in Ukraine. The house belonging to Toma Vakarenkov, in which Botev lived while a schoolteacher there, was bought by the Bulgarian consulate-general in 2016, and has been...
Remembering climber Boyan Petrov: To me eight-thousanders are outer space
Concentration and discipline – these are, to my mind, two keywords in mountain climbing, said, in an interview, eminent mountain climber Boyan Petrov on a hot summer day – 13 August, 2012. Today he would have turned 47. Full of energy and open to all things positive in any situation, with a wide smile and shrewd eyes, Boyan Petrov made thousands...
Galina Durmushliiska: For me singing is happiness and therapy of a kind
Galina Dormushliiska is an iconic name in Bulgarian folklore. And not just in folklore music from the region of Dobrudzha but in traditional culture as such. Galina Dormushliiska was born in Vedrina village near Dobrich. Her talent for music, noticed early on by specialists, has helped her in her performing career in Bulgaria and in other...
Fewer judgements against Bulgaria at European Court of Human Rights in 2019
For the first time since 1996 Bulgaria has dropped out of the top 10 of countries with the most judgements against the country in the European Court of Human Rights, the court’s annual report shows. With 13 judicial decisions, the country is down from 8th to 11th place in the number of infringement decisions, in which the court has found...
