Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

International Women's Day is a spring holiday for hundreds of Bulgarian women

Photo: www.zastavki.com

It has become recently a tradition in Bulgaria that 8 March, the International Women's Day, is celebrated as a spring festival with lots of flowers and good wishes in deference to the fair sex. As in many countries around the world, the holiday is perceived also as Mother's Day. The Bulgarian capital Sofia for the second consecutive year has joined the international initiative "Walk a mile in her shoes", which draws attention to contemporary women's issues worldwide.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

New council to coordinate policies for Bulgarians abroad

A Council for Coordination of Policies for Bulgarians Abroad is being established. This will be a permanent advisory body to the Council of Ministers, the parliament decided during the second reading of changes to the Law on Bulgarians..

published on 4/24/24 1:28 PM

MEPs are concerned about Russian interference in the Bulgarian elections on June 9

MEPs are concerned about Russian interference in the upcoming elections on June 9, and the properties on the territory of Bulgaria currently owned by Russian authorities, reads a draft resolution of the European People's Party on new allegations of..

published on 4/24/24 11:17 AM

MPs observe a minute of silence to honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide

Members of Parliament  observed a minute of silence to honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire (1915-1916). April 24 was declared Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. BSP MP Atanas Zafirov proposed that a minute of..

published on 4/24/24 10:58 AM