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author: Vessela Krusteva

Beyond the Jump - documentary about Bulgaria's first world record holder Yordanka Blagoeva

Five years ago, one of the country's top athletes, Bulgaria's first high jump world record holder Yordanka Blagoeva entered the surgeryof a foremost rheumatologist, Prof. Zlatimir Kolarov. While the two were discussing treatment for her bad..

08.02.17 13:45 |

Day of Archangel Michael, the warrior angel

On 8 November the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks the day of the holy angels and Archangel Michael, leader of the celestial forces in their fight against darkness and evil. There are seven first or archangels standing next to God, each with his..

08.11.16 13:06 |

Third Sofia Biting Docs festival opens in Bulgarian capital city

For the third consecutive year, from October 12 to 18, the Bulgarian capital is playing host to the hottest “biting” documentaries, lined up in the Sofia Biting Docs Festival. The event is organized by the Pozor association. The festival was..

12.10.15 13:29 |

38th International Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Culture, Veliko Turnovo

The International Seminar of Bulgarian Language and Culture opened in Veliko Turnovo at the beginning of this week. It is organized by the Ministry of Education and Science, the St. Cyril and St. Methodius University in Veliko Turnovo as well as the..

22.07.15 11:56 |

What do you know about Santa’s helpers?

This year the Regional Museum of History in Blagoevrgad has a special programme lined up for its youngest visitors called What do you know about Santa’s helpers ? The idea is to kick off the Christmas and New Year season with fun and games for the..

16.12.14 10:57 |
Photo fuse: Sylvia Petrova

Bulgaria on European Theatre Night

For the second year running, on November 15, Bulgaria will join the international initiative European Theatre Night. More than 1,500 figures working in different theatrical styles will present productions in more than 80 different locations –..

14.11.14 13:04 |
Photo fuse: Sylvia Petrova

Bulgaria’s Cinemania - temptation for film connoisseurs

On November 13 the 28TH edition of the Cinemania festival begins. This year the festival will continue until November 30 and includes about 60 of the most expected and critically acclaimed films of the past year. The National Palace of Culture is..

12.11.14 14:08 |

“The story money tells”

The exhibition “The story money tells” is on display at the Boris Christoff Culture House in Plovdiv until the end of September. “It is a bizarre, unorthodox history exhibition, telling the story of the figures depicted on Bulgarian banknotes...

25.09.14 09:05 |

The Sofia City Library with three exhibitions on day of Sofia

September 17 – the day when the Christian Orthodox church venerates the holy Martyrs Sophia and her three daughters Vyara, Nadezhda and Lyubov (Faith, Hope and Love) is also the day of Sofia. This year the events marking it include three exhibitions at..

17.09.14 11:42 |

Kremena Nikolova about Trace/Thrace in Parisian culture

“What I’m interested in is the past, the fact that we don’t have any real memories of what has been before us, our return, over and over again, to things that are not always part of our own experience but have become part of us,” that is how..

03.09.14 09:15 |