“Our task is to turn Bulgaria into a normal country, not a perfect one. Each human being finds it much more natural to live in a world, where the state doesn’t choke him by the throat, doesn’t determine his views or..
Beautiful, smart, talented and a bit exotic, Elisaveta Bagryana is the brightest star on the Bulgarian cultural horizon, one of very few women. Sensitive and frail, she nevertheless proved incredibly resilient in asserting her name,..
The beginning of the 1990’s was a time of faith, hope and love. However, there was a lack of wisdom, Petko Kovachev, who was back then a member of the Independent Students’ Association and Ecoglastnost, said. 1990 was marked by a series of significant..
10 November 1989 began just like any ordinary day, as far as the average Bulgarians were concerned. However, the date got a really different meaning, when at 6:00 pm the BNR was used for the expressing of gratitude to Todor..
Do spacemen dream the way all people on Earth do? The positive answer to that seemingly simple question came neither easy nor quickly – that happened in 1988 and within the framework of the Shipka scientific program, carried out onboard..
A red scarf-tying ceremony took place in front of the Monument to Freedom downtown Ruse on 23 September 1987 for the pioneri-to-be children aged 9. At the same time the cloud with the suffocating smell of chlorine was crawling from the Romanian..
The year was 1986. After three years spent in film-making and many difficulties, the TV series Vasko Da Gama ot Selo Rupcha (Vasko Da Gama from the village of Rupcha) was shown by the Bulgarian National Television. Film director Dimitar..
1885 is the year crowned by one of the most significant events in Bulgaria’s history – the reunification of Northern with Southern Bulgaria. It was made possible seven years after the country’s liberation from Ottoman domination...
We go back to the beginning of an event that was to become a cultural landmark – the Apollonia Art Festival, held every year since 1984 over 10 days at the end of summer. This year the festival opens on August 28. Artists, musicians,..
From the black-and-white photos in the European digital library Europeana peeks the intelligent and scrutinizing look of one of the most intriguing personas in Bulgarian culture - Dora Gabe. Her literary legacy is not only part of..
It is too early to predict how the events in Syria would affect the war in Ukraine. This is what EU Defense Commissioner Andrius..
The draft budget for 2025 proposes a deficit of 3%. The mid-term budgetary forecast targets a deficit of 3% up until 2028. The government debt is to..
The 51 st Sofia International Book Fair opens today at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. The forum, which will be on until 15 December, is..
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