International Day of Yoga marked today
The International Day of Yoga is to be marked for a 4 th year in a row. The holiday was established end-2014 by the UN General Assembly after a proposal of India’s PM Sri Narendra Modi and the longest day of the year – the one of the summer solstice, was selected for the annual celebration. Bulgaria participated actively yet in the first year, when lectures and practice sessions took place at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia and across a dozen of other..
Balkan developments
Macedonian parliament ratifies agreement with Greece With 69 votes “for” and without the participation of the opposition, the parliament in Macedonia ratified the agreement with Greece, which is expected to settle the long-standing Macedonia name dispute and initiate the process of Skopje’s Euro-Atlantic integration. The next step is for the agreement to be handed over to President Gjorge Ivanov who has seven days to sign it. Ivanov, who says the agreement..
Alexandr Alexandrov: ‘Spacemen are different fusion’
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences /BAS/ marks the 30 th anniversary of second Bulgarian spaceman Alexandr Alexandrov’s flight with an exhibition of the original appliances used onboard of the Mir space station. The space suit of the cosmonaut, photographs, scientific and video materials – those are also among the exhibits. On 7 June 1988 the Soyuz TM-5 spacecraft took off from the Baikonut Cosmodrome with the team of Alexandrov, Anatoly Solovyev and..
Bulgarians most active reporting crimes across EU
About 25 percent of Bulgarians or close to one in four persons was ready to report to the competent authorities about a committed crime or vandalism, a major Eurostat survey on the topic of crime in 2016..
Grigor Dimitrov with successful start in London, update
Second seeded Grigor Dimitrov has successfully started his participation in the Queen’s Club grass-court tournament in London from the ATP 500 series. In a two-hour match the Bulgarian tennis player..
Intersection between art and advertising brings communication barriers down
The world has been moving extremely fast under the mark of digital and information technologies and communication plays a key role in the success of every business activity. That is why a new Bulgarian festival..
Donator’s Day at Earth and Man National Museum
The Earth and Man National Museum in Sofia was established in 1986 thanks to the generous donations of 90 Bulgarian and foreign scientists, intellectuals, collectors and 65 companies and institutions. The..
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BSP for Bulgaria submits no-confidence motion against Borissov 3 cabinet
The Parliamentary group of BSP for Bulgaria submitted a no-confidence motion against the Borissov 3 cabinet over its policy in the security sector. The..
Bulgaria to receive 7.7 billion euros for agriculture in next programming period
Bulgaria will receive 7.7 billion euros for agriculture in the next programming period. This became clear during the presentation of the European..
Commissioner Dombrovskis: Low incomes are not obstacle to Bulgaria's joining ERM-2
The low incomes cannot stop Bulgaria join the ERM-2 mechanism (also known as the Eurozone’s waiting room) and later the Eurozone, Valdis Dombrovskis, the..
