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Events across the country commemorate the death of the Apostle of Freedom 

In the capital city's St Sophia Church, at 5pm, an archbishop's memorial service will be held in memory of Deacon Ignatius, the Apostle of Bulgarian Freedom, Vasil Levski. (Levski took this name when he entered the St. Spas Monastery in Sopot - ed.). As..

published on 2/19/24 6:40 AM

Visiting the Vasil Levski Bulgarian Sunday School in Leeds ‎

There are no exact statistics on the number of Bulgarians living in the English city of Leeds. However, we know that there, as well as in other cities in Great Britain, there is a Bulgarian Sunday school named "Vasil Levski " . Established in 2016,..

published on 2/18/24 11:30 AM

Bulgarians in Gòra still preserve their language and culture, but need support from the homeland - Part II

Our visit to the Bulgarians in the region of Gòra, northeastern Albania, continues. Mirjan Dauti is one of the young teachers at the school in the village of Cërnalevë , located in the historical-geographical region of Gòra in..

published on 2/17/24 8:10 AM

Can there be an end to the dictate of mobile operators on telecommunications services in the country?

The rise in the price of mobile services at the rate of annual inflation, which was announced in mid-January, came as a cold shower for a large number of affected users. The reason is that this is another element of the creeping upward inflation in the..

published on 2/16/24 5:24 PM

Balkan developments

The National Union of Road Transport of Romania (UNTRR) has called on Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Romanian Ambassador in Sofia to address the problem of Romanian..

published on 2/16/24 12:02 PM

Radio Bulgaria: The mission goes on

88 years after the firstbroadcasts by the Bulgarian radio targeted at audiences abroad, and 87 years after the foreign language broadcasts became part of the BNR’s programming, Radio Bulgaria’s mission of building bridges between Bulgarians around..

published on 2/16/24 11:23 AM

Some fun facts about the history of Radio Bulgaria

In 1936, Radio Sofia (now BNR) began broadcasting abroad via a short-wave transmitter, which became popular as Radio Elza (the abbreviation comes from the station's international code - L-Z-A). Today, Radio Bulgaria provides the world with news from..

published on 2/16/24 7:05 AM

67% of Bulgarian children watch TV every day, survey shows

Parents know little about the television programmes or video games their children are watching. This was reported by Galina Milkova of the Sova Harris agency at the presentation of a study on children's consumption of media content to the Council for..

published on 2/15/24 5:34 PM

Best Uni in Bulgaria: UNWE, again

For another year the University of National and World Economy has been declared the best higher education institution in Bulgaria, reports BTA. According to the rating system of higher education institutions, UNWE is the university with the highest..

published on 2/14/24 5:08 PM

Trifon Zarezan: Vine and wine day as part of Bulgarian culture and tradition

Wine production has been going down on a global scale, and 2023 was the year with the lowest level of production in six decades, indicate data of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). Bulgaria remains comparatively less affected by..

published on 2/14/24 1:49 PM