Two groups of Bulgarian scientists will join the 25th Jubilee Antarctic Expedition. Senior geologists Associate Professor Dimo Dimov and Dr Kamen Bonev, as well as Associate Professor Alexander Shopov from the National Sports Academy departed to Antarctica on Friday. On Sunday another group consisting of paleontologist Dr Docho Dochev, petrologist Stafan Velev, geochemist Nadya Yanakieva and geodesist Dr Asparuh Kamburov are to fly from Sofia to Punta Arenas. The Bulgarian scientists are to fulfill scientific projects within the ambitious five-year National Program for Polar Research of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, approved by the government in August 2016. Associate Professor Shopov will analyze the state of the human body in extreme conditions. Geodesist Asparuh Kamburov is to register distortions of GPS signals near the South Magnetic Pole and Nadya Yanakieva is to join international teams from Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Chile and USA exploring the permafrost (constantly frozen soil).
A commemorative ceremony today in the center of Sofia will mark the 152nd anniversary of the death of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski. The solemn ceremony in front of the Monument to the Apostle of Freedom will begin at 6:00 p.m. Citizens will..
On Wednesday, the lowest temperatures will range between minus 8°C and minus 3°C, for Sofia around minus 7°C . During the day, snow showers in the northeastern regions will begin to stop, but in southeastern Bulgaria it will still snow in many places...
Career Foreign Service Officer Susan Falatko has arrived in Sofia on February 18 to assume the role of Chargé d’Affaires. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Falatko’s service includes assignments as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the..
The Vazrazhdane parliamentary party is organizing a protest on February 22 in front of the Bulgarian National Bank against Bulgaria's entry into the..
A serious train crash involving a train owned by the Bulgarian company PIMK has occurred near Craiova, Romania. According to initial information, the..
The agriculture sector in Bulgaria maintains its stability, providing employment to 6% of the population and forming about 4% of the country's GDP. This..
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