The fifty-fifth edition of the pageant "Queen of Roses '2023" will be held on 19 May in the town of Kazanlak. The organizers have prepared a surprise pre-presentation of the contenders for the tiara. The show will be broadcast on large video walls. After the Queen of Roses is crowned, she will be presented to the citizens and guests of the central Bulgarian town.
A fortnight after that, in early June, the Queen of Roses and the runners-up will take part in the celebrations for the 120th edition of the Rose Festival in Kazanlak. The beauty queens will be dressed in designer gowns by Zheni Zhivkova (Bulgarian designer and granddaughter of the late communist dictator Todor Zhivkov - ed.)
Carnival procession that passes through the whole city is the culmination of the Rose Festival. This year, the clubs of local Community Centres will parade in original costumes typical of the folklore of Kazanlak's twin towns from abroad.
A Christmas tree with Bulgarian decorations has been placed in a central location at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. For the fifth consecutive year, Bulgarians living in Chicago crafted the lavish decoration of the Bulgarian..
The usurpation of cultural heritage is one of the many inevitable consequences of any military conflict, both historically and today. Until the end of the war in Ukraine, it is impossible to adequately analyse the extent of the damage caused to the..
Athens plans to modernise the Greek army by 2030 Greece's Defence Minister Nikos Dendias presented the plan for changes in the army to the parties in parliament. The reforms will cover all three branches of the military. By 2030, 33 units..
The traditional Bulgarian Christmas picnic, organized by the Bulgarian Cultural and Social Association "Rodina - Sydney" and the Bulgarian School..
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