The Bulgarian captain who was kidnapped by pirates near Benin, has been released, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva announced today.
He is expected to return to Bulgaria soon. In April, pirates attacked the container ship "Tommi Ritscher" off the coast near the city of Cotonou, West Africa. There were no other Bulgarians among the 19-member crew of the ship. Eleven people managed to escape using a special room provided for shelter in case of pirate attacks, but eight others, including the Bulgarian, were taken hostage by the kidnappers.
After six decades on stage, pop singer Yordanka Hristova is embarking on a Goodbye tour in the USA and Canada, although she is not ending her career, reports BG Voice. "I want to perform in all the towns while I am still in good shape, not only in..
Today and tomorrow, the town of Apriltsi, located in the Balkan Mountains, is hosting the traditional Festival of Bacon and Mulled Rakia, which brings together thousands of tradition enthusiasts, reported BNR correspondent Plamen Hristov. Visitors..
On Saturday it will be mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells in the Upper Thracian Lowlands. In eastern Bulgaria there will be light to moderate east-northeasterly winds. Minimum temperatures will be between minus 1° and 4°C, around minus 1° in..
Kristiyan Vladov and Stefan Kyurkchiev of the Plovdiv Museum of Natural History are working on a project to bring live fish from the southern Arctic..
The one-year anniversary of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked with a memorial service in Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral. It..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
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