Google Doodle is marking the birth anniversary of Dr. Stamen Grigorov – the Bulgarian microbiologist and doctor who discovered Lacto bacterium Bulgaricum, the bacterium essential to the fermentation of yogurt, which is to be found in nature in Bulgaria as a free element.
The bacterium was first described in 1905 by Bulgarian university student Stamen Grigorov in a report delivered at Pasteur institute in Paris. Lacto bacterium Bulgaricum is what makes yogurt a natural probiotic with a wholesome effect on human health.
One of the world’s first probiotics was developed by Prof. Nikola Alexandrov in the 1980s in Bulgaria on the basis of Lacto bacterium Bulgaricum.
On November 10, 1989, at a plenum of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zhivkov was removed from the position of General Secretary - the highest position in the party and the state. What happened at the..
Archaeologists have discovered a very rare and valuable glass bottle in a 2nd-century tomb in the southern necropolis of the Roman colony Deultum near the village of Debelt (Southeastern Bulgaria). What makes it unique is that it depicts the myth of..
The Days of Croatian Archaeological Heritage, which will last until 8 November, begin today at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS) in Sofia. The event is organised by the Croatian Embassy in..
The Patriarchal Cathedral of St Alexander Nevsky is celebrating its temple feast today. The cathedral, a symbol of the Bulgarian capital, was built "in..
On November 24, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors St. Catherine (Sveta Ekaterina in Bulgarian) , who was one of the most educated women of her time...
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