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author: Gergana Mancheva

Es el Día de Muertos: conmemoramos a nuestros familiares fallecidos

El sábado previo al domingo de Mesni Zagovezni , los búlgaros ortodoxos rinden homenaje a la memoria de los difuntos. Se trata de uno de los tres Días de los Muertos ( Zadúshnitsa ) que los cristianos ortodoxos celebran cada año, antes del comienzo..

09.03.24 05:30 |

Martenitsas or Rhodope baynitsas – a symbol of hope for the good things to come

Martenitsas are one of the symbols of Bulgaria – regarded as the harbinger of spring and the end of darkness. Every year, on 1 March, Bulgarians, wherever they may be in the world, give friends and family the red-and-white tassels, as a token of..

01.03.24 07:05 |

Las vacantes de trabajo en Bulgaria atraen a miles de trabajadores extranjeros

Desde hace años, los empresarios búlgaros llevan experimentando una escasez de trabajadores tanto de alta como de baja cualificación. Según la Confederación Búlgara de Empleo, es posible encontrar profesionales de unas características adecuadas para..

29.02.24 16:30 |

Thousands of workers from abroad come to fill in the job vacancies in Bulgaria

Yet Bulgaria remains uncompetitive as regards payment and working environment Employers in Bulgaria have been experiencing staff shortages for years – of both high and low-skilled workers. According to data of the Bulgarian Employment..

29.02.24 14:12 |

Wines from Brestovitsa: Elevating Bulgaria's presence on the world wine map

The demand for wine is growing rapidly in the world markets. This is according to the latest data. The reason is customers' preference for sustainable beverages. And there is a new trend in the wine sector - towards the integration of modern technologies..

20.02.24 19:56 |

Can there be an end to the dictate of mobile operators on telecommunications services in the country?

The rise in the price of mobile services at the rate of annual inflation, which was announced in mid-January, came as a cold shower for a large number of affected users. The reason is that this is another element of the creeping upward inflation in the..

16.02.24 17:24 |

Trifon Zarezan: Vine and wine day as part of Bulgarian culture and tradition

Wine production has been going down on a global scale, and 2023 was the year with the lowest level of production in six decades, indicate data of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). Bulgaria remains comparatively less affected by..

14.02.24 13:49 |
Banat Bulgarians from the village of Bardarski Geran

The lesser-known community of Banat Bulgarians living in Bulgaria

They are among us and it is difficult to distinguish them from all other Bulgarians, as they have an excellent command of literary Bulgarian and fit perfectly into the society, even their names do not sound any different... But what is it that..

31.01.24 13:05 |

Surva is the heart of Pernik and Pernik is the heart of Surva

The countdown is on, in the town of Pernik near Sofia, to the most colourful, noisiest and biggest masquerade festival in Bulgaria. They call it Surva , as this old tradition in the towns and villages of Western Bulgaria is called. It is a men-only..

25.01.24 13:26 |

The 17-centuries-old monastery "Saint Athanasius the Great" protects the Bulgarian church and people

A great blessing and joy for all Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria is the Saint Athanasius Monastery near the town of Chirpan. It was founded by the saint himself in ‎the IV century (344), near an old Roman fortress, close to the then town of Beroe..

18.01.24 15:31 |