UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Bulgarian Minister of Culture Boil Banov signed an agreement in Paris to continue the operations of the UNESCO Regional Center for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sofia.
The agreement has been extended for a new six-year period.
The Center in Sofia brings together the efforts of 16 Southeast European countries to promote and implement the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Albania, Armenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Cyprus, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro and Ukraine’
The European Commission has called on Bulgaria and 25 other EU countries to introduce a fast-track approval procedure for renewable energy projects. The new rules should have been in place by 1 July this year. The EC has launched infringement..
"Stolichen Avtotransport's accounts have been frozen since yesterday, according to mayor Vasil Terziev. He warned that if the company ceased operations, Sofia would be left without public transport. "Deputy Mayor for Finance Ivan Vasilev, like the..
The National Assembly has rejected in first reading the five proposed amendments to the Child Protection Act . The most controversial proposals relate to gender reassignment for children under the age of 18. The bill by "There Is Such a People" (ITN)..
The first coordination meeting with the participation of all structures involved in the contract for the acquisition of Stryker combat vehicles for the..
Friday will be sunny and temperatures will rise during the day to reach 28-33°C, 29°C in the capital. Lows will be between 11 and 16°C, 11°C in Sofia...
Bulgaria supports the United Nations' mission of having humanity's future shaped by development policies and not by military conflicts, President Rumen..
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