Bulgarian pilots among the pioneers of the world military aviation
Did you know that Bulgarian pilots carried out one of the first military flights in the world? Their story is part of the pantheon of the Bulgarian military glory and impressed strongly the whole Europe, because until 1912 only Italy had used planes in military operations during the Italo-Turkish War in Northern Africa. The Balkan War broke out in October 1912, nine years after the suppression of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising which left over..
BSP submits third motion of no confidence in Borissov 3 cabinet for the year
Yesterday, 15 October, the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, submitted a motion of no confidence in the government, its third for the year. The first was tabled at the beginning of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU in January over allegations of corruption, and did not pass. Another no confidence motion marked the end of the Presidency in June, this time over the security sector, and this one did not pass either. This is not the..
AKAGA band marks its 27th anniversary with large multimedia project
On October 9 the Bulgarian fusion band Akaga surprised their music fans with a multimedia concert at hall No1 of the National Palace of Culture. Eighteen Bulgarian musicians who have contributed to the development of this band in the past 27 years took part at the two-hour concert. The audience enjoyed many wonderful songs, instrumental pieces and dances during the concert. Georgi Velev is one of the band’s trumpeters. He has been part of Akaga since..
One more gold medal for Bulgarian athletes at Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires
The mixed Bulgarian couple in acrobatics Mariela Kostadinova and Panayot Dimitrov won a second title at the Youth Olympic Games which continue in Buenos Aires. The silver went to Israel and the bronze –..
Berlin Academy for Old Music holds its first concert in Bulgaria
36 years after its foundation, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin has had its first concert in Bulgaria. Lovers of the original sound of centuries-old music were pleased as in the First Studio of the..
Chavdar Chotov: my wooden bicycle helps children improve their motor skills and live healthier life
Do you remember the story about the Little Prince who learned from the fox that tame means to establish ties. To me you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand little..
Balkan Developments
Macedonia starts talks with NATO Macedonia's accession talks with NATO start on October18 and 19 at the headquarters of the Alliance in Brussels, Skopje's government spokesman Mile Boshnakovski said. He..
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Bulgaria’s tourism sector: Money spent on tourism promotion should double
The money spent on tourism advertising in 2019 should increase to EUR 19 million from EUR 7 million in 2018, representatives of the Bulgarian tourism..
Bulgarian National TV will not take part in Eurovision 2019
The Managеment Board of the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) has decided that the public service broadcaster shall not take part in this year's..
Bulgaria 44th in Global Human Capital Index
World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva announced that Bulgaria ranks 44 th in the Human Capital Index. The criteria on which the index is based..
