"We are Bulgarians in our blood - wherever we go in the world, I have especially been to London and Prague, we are motivated by patriotism. We are patriots, Bulgarians, far from our families and celebrating these holidays of ours, at least we are getting a little closer to the Motherland. Nostalgia makes us celebrate," explains Viktor Borisov, who has been working abroad for nearly two decades, and has been in Rome for 17 years, where he is currently a hotel receptionist.
In his free time, he attends the rehearsals of the Bulgarian folk dance group, and at the Christmas celebration he proudly takes on the role of a caroler with a "gega" and "yamurluk".
The first mass ascent of Cherni Vrah on Vitosha Mountain 129 years ago is being celebrated today with a series of events, including several cultural ones as part of the "Green Libraries" campaign, the Sofia Library has announced. The hike was led by..
Turkey and Greece expect a better yield of olives The olive oil harvest in Turkey will be a record high one this year. The intense flowering of the olive trees gave hope to the producers already in the spring after the weak last season,..
Pensioners in Bulgaria live in harsh conditions that do not allow them to live their old age to the full, unlike their counterparts in more developed countries, says psychiatrist Dr Vladimir Simov, who has practised outside Bulgaria for many years and..
There is no exact statistics on the number of forested areas that will be burned by fires in Bulgaria this summer. According to the European Forest Fire..
Bulgarian students won five medals a t the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics in Brazil , announced the Association of Olympic Teams..
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