The leader in the scheme of the tennis tournament Garanti Koza Sofia Open - Dominique Team (left) and second placed David Goffin played tennis before fans under the glass roof of the Serdica antique complex (downtown Sofia, between the Central Department Store and Sofia Hotel Balkan). After the demonstration the two tennis stars talked to journalists.    Photo: BGNES

Military honors, Rhodope bagpipes, wraths and flowers were the ways the citizens of Varna paid tribute the death anniversary of Kapitan Petko Voyvoda. The Captain was a revolutionary and prominent personality in the National Liberation Movement and public figure.   Photo: BTA

Dimitar Kuzmanov and Alex Lazov (on the photo) achieved the first victory for Bulgaria at the Sofia Open tournament. In a match from the first round of the doubles’ competition, the Bulgarian tandem overcame the resistance of Ariel Behar (Uruguay) and Andrey Vasilevski (Belarus) by 6:4, 6:7(9), 10:7. Photo: BGNES

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the venue of the promotion of the author photo exhibition of mountain climber Boyan Petrov and his debut as a writer – the book “The First Seven”. The focus of the exhibition of zoologist Boyan Petrov are the five eight thousand-meters high peaks, located in Pakistan, while his book concentrates on his expeditions along the high peaks. Boyan Petrov is the only zoologist, who has climbed by now 8 out of the 14 peaks of the planet, which are over 8000 meters high.   Photo: BTA