Prominent Bulgarian car racer Pavel Lefterov made together with Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova the first test drive of the small 6-meter electric bus of the Turkish “Karsan”. Sofia Municipality intends to purchase 30 of these vehicles for lines joining the Underground stations. Photos: sofia.bg
An attractive parade of participants opened the International Folklore Festival “Vitosha” in Sofia. This year’s edition of the festival – 23rd, will continue through July 20. The concerts on the open-air stage at the National Palace of Culture are demonstrating a colorful scope of folklore traditions from different parts of the world. Photo: BGNES
Dozens of worshipers met part of the relics of St. Martyr Marina at the cathedral temple of the Holy Virgin in Plovdiv. The relics were brought to the city by Greek Bishop Chrysostomos on the occasion of the Patron Day of the Plovdiv-based bishopric church St. Marina, marked today. Photo: BTA
March Day in Bulgaria is one of the most popular holidays for young and old. Martenitsas or Rhodope baynitsas – a symbol of hope for the good things to come By donning the red and white martenitsas, we, the Bulgarians, symbolically..
Wearing the ornament made of red-and-white intertwined thread called martenitsa on the first day of March is one of the most viable traditions Bulgarians share, no matter where they may be living on the planet. This is one of the reasons why..
For many residents and guests of the Bulgarian capital, a walk on Vitosha - the mountain rising in the immediate vicinity of the city - is an irreplaceable pastime. It only takes half an hour to reach the Golden Bridges area of Vitosha, from where..
In western Bulgaria, about a hundred kilometres south-west of Sofia, lies the town of Zemen and its environs on the banks of the Struma River. Although..
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