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author: Zhivko Stanchev

100th birth anniversary of First Lieutenant Nedelcho Bonchev – ‘second ramming pilot’

Nowadays one can hardly find a Bulgarian, who remains unaware of the feat of Captain Dimitar Spisarevski and his heroic death while protecting the skies above Sofia during WWII. However, few know the story of the other ‘living torpedo’ – First..

21.06.17 13:19 |
Boyán Jristov con el trio B11

Guitarra búlgara proporciona vitamina para el alma en los EE.UU.

Existe una raza especial de personas que se resisten a ajustarse a los marcos de las normas generalmente establecidas. A estas personas no se las verá sentadas detrás del escritorio del contable, el abogado o el empleado; nacen para deambular a voluntad..

05.04.16 14:28 |
Boyan Hristov (center) with the rest of the B11

Bulgarian guitar provides Vitamin for the Soul to the USA

There is this certain type of people that fits in no frames, recognizing no boundaries. One couldn’t see those behind the desk of the lawyer, accountant, clerk – they were born to chase their dreams, no matter how high the latter might be…  Boyan Hristov..

04.04.16 14:57 |

El fotógrafo Marcel Fens sobre los perros y los papagayos sin hogar

Se llama Marcel Fens y es un fotógrafo holandés freelancer que lleva siete años viviendo en Bulgaria. El motivo de nuestra reunión es un álbum de fotografías suyas   que fue editado no hace mucho por la fundación Cuatro Patas, con el apoyo del ex..

20.02.16 09:40 |

Photographer Marcel Fens on stray dogs and parrots

His name is Marcel Fens, a Dutch freelance photographer who has lived in Bulgaria for 7 years now. An album of the man has been recently published by the Four Paws foundation and with the support of former Ombudsman Mr. Konstantin Penchev. The edition..

19.02.16 12:34 |

El santo búlgaro de Baylovo: una llamita en la penumbra

En tiempos de decadencia espiritual, degradación moral y pasiones despreciables, la sociedad suele buscar la luz. Necesita un punto de apoyo que le ayude a superar el difícil momento por el que está pasando. Encuentra esperanza en los más puros valores..

27.07.14 08:00 |

Samuel – Bulgaria’s Cain… who had his reasons

In 2014, this country marks 1,000 years since the tragic death of Samuel of Bulgaria, who couldn’t bear the sight of his blinded warriors after the Battle of Kleidion and most likely suffered a fatal heart attack as a result. Radio Bulgaria has..

18.06.14 15:24 |

“Sabre” password and the 19 May 1934 military coup d’etat

On 19 May 1934, or 80 years ago, a military coup d’etat took place in Bulgaria. It reflected the authoritative trend that was spreading across Europe at that time and resulted in a series of vital changes, as far as the model of governing of the..

20.05.14 13:07 |

Asen Daskalov – Bulgaria’s John Booth, who showed mercy

Each American knows the name of John Wilkes Booth - the actor, who gunned down President Abraham Lincoln in a terrorist action in the spring of 1865. At the same time few Bulgarians have heard of Asen Daskalov – a Macedonian terrorist, whose tendency to..

20.02.14 13:53 |