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Caring for people with rare diseases in Bulgaria – small steps and a battle with the system

Share Your Colours! This is the motto of International Rare Disease Day, marked once every four years - and there is a reason why this is so.  Because the people with rare diseases remain invisible for a long time – undiagnosed, shut out of the world,..

published on 2/29/24 5:30 AM

Bulgarian luthiers establish themselves on the American market with quality and reliability

A few years after Bulgaria's socialist regime fell, a Plovdiv family relocated to Chicago to establish a business centered on a craft that not only resonates through fingertips but also reaches deep into one's heart. Luthiery, the art of crafting..

published on 2/28/24 7:25 AM

Dr. Evgenia Vukadinova from Rome - our healthcare is very commercialized and this damages the image of Bulgaria

She arrived in Italy together with her boyfriend, allegedly for two weeks, not suspecting that fate had other plans for her. Today, 30 years later, Dr. Evgenia Vukadinova has long since separated from her partner, has a 24-year-old daughter, and still..

published on 2/27/24 10:33 AM

"Smart socks" help people with dementia in Bulgaria

Caring for the elderly who often panic because they have forgotten the way home. This empathy is behind the "smart socks" with which students from the Robotics Club of the Shumen-based Panayot Volov school want to help people in their senior age to live..

published on 2/26/24 2:42 PM

March 3 to be celebrated with a traditional train journey along the narrow-gauge railway

This year, Bulgaria’s National Liberation Day (March 3) will again be celebrated with the traditional train journey along the narrow-gauge railway. For this purpose, Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) and the Civil Association "For the Narrow Gauge..

published on 2/25/24 9:05 AM

Unusual encounters with birds in the middle of winter

A harbinger of spring surprised the residents of the village of Podkrepa earlier than usual. The first stork arrived in the village of Podkrepa (Haskovo region) even before its residents adorned themselves with martenitsas. The stork named Dancho..

published on 2/25/24 6:05 AM
Ivan Milev, „Ahinora“, 1925

Children make martenitsas in Kazanlak's newest museum "Ahinora"

During the weekend the children from the town of Kazanlak can take part in the martenitsa workshop organized by the newest museum in Kazanlak "Ahinora", which is a branch of Art Gallery- Kazanlak. The hosts invite all children aged 5 to 12 and..

published on 2/24/24 8:50 AM

Two years after the start of the war in Ukraine more and more people are feeling dispirited

It is two years since that February morning in 2022 when life changed in Europe and beyond, and the world found it had to rethink its relationship with the Russian Federation. But in this piece we shall not be looking at the effects of the war, we..

published on 2/24/24 7:15 AM

Apriltsi expects thousands of guests for the Festival of Bacon and Mulled Rakia

The town of Apriltsi, located in the Balkan Mountains, is hosting one of the most colorful and delicious Bulgarian festivals - the Festival of Bacon and Mulled Rakia. On February 24 and 25 the mountain town, nestled at the foot of Mount Maragidik, is..

published on 2/24/24 7:05 AM

Balkan Developments

Turkish-made fighter jet conducts its first flight Turkey's fifth-generation KAAN fighter jet has successfully completed its first flight, TRT Haber state television showed. The first flight of the jet was planned for..

published on 2/23/24 3:52 PM