“Maxima” Hall of the University for Architecture, Construction and Geodesy in Sofia will host, December 3-5, the 14^th edition of the annual festival for extreme sports and adventure “Challenge Days”. The forum will again bring together athletes, alpine climbers, tourists, ecologists, photographers, travelers and all who find activities amidst Nature a source of inspiration and way of life. Photo BGNES

The association “Bulgarian History” with the support of “Bulgarian Memory” Foundation releases a special edition of the “Primer of Various Instructions” (The Fish Primer) of Dr. Petar Beron, first published in 1824. The new edition is dedicated to the 220^th birth anniversary of this prominent Bulgarian man of letters, which we are to mark in 2019. The luxury edition of Beron’s Primer can be purchased as of November 23 online. It is to appear in bookstores by the end of this month, the “Bulgarian Memory” Foundation informs. Photos: BGNES

A holy liturgy was served in the St. Dimitar Church in Haskovo, southern Bulgaria, on the occasion of the Day of the Presentation of Virgin Mary to the Temple. Volunteers from the Youth Center in the tow were giving out ritual offering food. This year the meal is bean soup.  Photos: BTA

After 10 years the Danubean city of Russe has a skating rink again. The facility is of 450 square meters and is placed at the central square before the Opera House building. It will be open daily from 10 to 22 hours until the end of February 2019. Photo: BTA