Nikulden is one of the best-loved feast days in this country. It is celebrated on 6 December, the day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. St. Nicholas is the saint who wields power over the seas, the lakes and the entire underwater world. He is..
Bulgaria's mediaeval capital Veliko Tarnovo is already pulsating with the spirit of Christmas. 33 Christmas houses in the town's Marno Pole Park offer visitors meat delicacies, hot drinks, folk crafts, handmade gifts and decoupage...
A new diagnostic unit for patients with infectious diseases opened at the Military Medical Academy in Sofia. It has a scanner, an X-ray an ultrasound machine, plus diagnostic and virology consultancies. Photos: BGNES
The construction of the traditional Weihnachtsmarkt (German Christmas market) is already underway in the Bulgarian capital. Similar to previous years, it will be located in the city garden in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre downtown Sofia...
One of the things Bulgarians love most in winter is sauerkraut. Being a gourmet nation, Bulgarians prefer to make it themselves, and November is the best month to make sauerkraut. That is why food markets are now overflowing with cabbage...
The studio of one of the great Bulgarian artists and intellectuals Dechko Uzunov is again open for visits. For more than a decade, the building on Sofia's Dragan Tsankov Boulevard No. 24 was not accessible to the public. Art..
The city’s Southern Park attracts both young and old during sunny autumn days. Photos: Ani Petrova
Paintings by Bulgarian artist Katrin Tomova from her exhibition "Paint It Dark" at the Nuance Art Gallery in Sofia. Katrin Tomova's new works were painted during last year and this year and bear the imprint of the unusual situation (Covid-19..
Rainy autumn in Sofia... Photos: BGNES
Sculpture Sculptures and drawings by Georgi Donov can be seen until September 29 at the gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, 6 Shipka Street, downtown Sofia. Born in Sofia in 1961, Georgi Donov is one of the nonconventional Bulgarian..
A country at the centre of ancient civilisations, whose historic sites sit amongst world-ranked Black Sea coastlines and snow-capped World Cup ski..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
Two graduates of the Bulgarian School "Saints Cyril and Methodius" in Jordan presented their achievements at an event at their school "Hadi al Muhammadi"..
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