The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks today the Day of Martyr St. Dimitar. The day is called Dimitrovden. St. Dimitar (Demetrius) saved Thessalonica from enemy attacks many times and was revered in Thrace and Macedonia even in his lifetime. Later Bulgarians and Greeks started disputing the auspices of St. Demetrius from Thessalonica. Due to his Slavonic origin all Slavic people celebrate the saint. He died as a martyr of his fate in Christ on October 25, 306Popular cult presents St. Demetrius as a brother to St. George. As a harbinger of winter and cold weather, people also related him to to the world of the dead.
A petition has been launched, calling for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine, as well as for an end to attempts to involve Bulgaria in it. This was what the chairman of "Justice for Bulgaria" association and former chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev..
Yordanka Chobanova has officially taken over as Head of the European Commission's Permanent Representation in Bulgaria. She succeeds Ognian Zlatev, who held the post until mid-2019. From 2016 to 2021, Ms Chobanova served as Ambassador of the..
GERB's candidate for prime minister, Mariya Gabriel, today received an exploratory mandate from President Rumen Radev to form a government. She announced that she would keep the cabinet mandate, but that waiting for the constitutional seven-day..
All 17 sailors of different nationalities on board the hijacked Bulgarian bulk carrier Ruen are in good health , Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel..
Bulgaria could join the eurozone in 2025, Eurogroup chief Paschal Donohoe said during a visit to Sofia. In an interview with BNR's Marta Mladenova, he..
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel . The Orthodox hierarch was in Bulgaria..
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