Today, Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Matera (Italy) will hand over the title European Capital of Culture to Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland). Children from Plovdiv who are laureates of musical competitions will join the official ceremony in “the City of Seven Hills”.
Last year 800 cultural events were held in the European Capital of Culture-Plovdiv. The city that welcomed nearly 2 million visitors from Bulgaria and abroad showed that its theatre, opera and fine arts are on a world level.
After a long meeting that lasted several hours, the Holy Synod shortlisted three candidates for new Bulgarian Patriarch. These are Metropolitan Gavriil of Lovech, Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa and Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin . According to the..
At present, it is difficult to say that the state has a coherent and focused strategy for Bulgarians around the world and for preserving knowledge of the Bulgarian language and culture. Rather, each media outlet does what it can and what it thinks is..
The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that Sofia City Hall must terminate the new traffic organisation in the centre of Sofia . The large-scale reorganisation around the National Palace of Culture was implemented unexpectedly and without prior..
June 20-23, Sofia’s North Park is hosting a park festival, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. Besides music with famous Bulgarian performers,..
Raya Nazaryan was elected President of the 50 th National Assembly of Bulgaria. 131 MPs voted “for” her nomination, 66 “against, and 39 abstained...
Overnight it will be clear and quiet in most areas. Tomorrow will be sunny and hot. In the eastern half of the country, light to moderate..
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