The Sofia-based Stubel Art Gallery opened the exhibition “Timelessness”, featuring works by painter Dolores Dilova. The collection includes works created in the course of the past year. It can be viewed until May 10. Photo: Ani Petrova
The Bulgarian project “Recovery of the Lesser Kestrel” (Falco Naumanni) is among the finalists for the awards of the LIFE Programme of the European Commission. The project is in progress since 2012 and is put through by the Green Balkans Association in partnership with the German EuroNatur and the Spanish nature-protection organization DEMA. It successfully restores the population of this small predator bird, which was close to extinction. The Lesser Kestrel is as big as a dove. It went extinct in Bulgaria in the late 1980s. Photo: greenbalkans.org
Under enhanced security measures the Torpedo Squadron USS Ross of Unite States Navy docked at Port Varna. Photos: BTA
An exposition of landscapes arranged at the exhibition hall of the architecture and park center “The Palace” in Balchik, gave the start to the 18th plain-air. The event takes place under the motto “Painters, Balchik, Love – Meeting European Seas”. Photo: BTA
In the embrace of the Western Balkan Mountains, amid the picturesque Iskar Gorge, lies the village of Bov – a starting point for several hiking routes. The captivating natural scenery and the majestic limestone cliffs make this area extremely popular..
"Only those who do not understand the cost of the devastation caused by ignorance can fear the cost of education. Bulgaria's enlightenment, faith and culture have built it as a country of the spirit and preserved our nation," said President Rumen Radev..
In western Bulgaria, about a hundred kilometres south-west of Sofia, lies the town of Zemen and its environs on the banks of the Struma River. Although not one of the country's best-known tourist destinations, interest in the region has grown..
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