La gaita es un instrumento tradicional no solo de los Balcanes, sino también de otros confines de Europa. En Bulgaria se tocan dos tipos de gaita, los llamados dzhurá y kabá, y la montaña Ródope, al sur del país, es conocida por su gaita kabá , que se..
The bagpipe is a traditional instrument not only for the Balkans but for the rest of Europe. In Bulgaria, two types of bagpipes are played – a s mall one called " jura " and a large " kaba ". The Rhodope region is known all over the world for the..
There is a village in the Eastern Rhodopes (southern Bulgaria), which locals claim is the village with the biggest number of storks in this country. Whether this is so has not been conclusively proven, but the first representatives of the..
Hay una aldea en la porción oriental del macizo del Ródope (sur de Bulgaria), del que lagente local afirma que es el asentamiento con mayor número de cigüeñasenel país. No hay pruebas contundentes de si esto sea verdad o no, pero lo cierto es que..
Los konaks de Agush conforman un excepcional conjunto de edificaciones residenciales y económicas que representan el más imponente castillo familiar de tipo medieval en el monte Ródope. Se encuentra situado en el centro de la aldea de..
Agushevi Konatsi is an exceptional ensemble of residential and farm buildings, which together form the largest family castle of the medieval type in the Rhodopes. The residence is located in the center of the village of Mogilitsa, on the banks of..
Unpaved streets, outdated water supply networks, frequent power outages, unregulated landfills, poor transport services, unemployment and depopulation - these are the major problems more and more small towns in Bulgaria face. That is why, in the..
Calles estropeadas y sin pavimentar, redes de suministro de agua obsoletas, frecuentes cortes de electricidad, vertederos no regulados, mala red de transporte, paro y despoblación: estos son los principales problemas a los que se enfrentan..
Bulgaria is now proud of yet another record holder in the Guinness Book. A few days ago, Mariyana Pavlova, born in the town of Smolyan in the Rhodope Mountain, officially received her certificate from the Guinness Book of World Records, which..
A country at the centre of ancient civilisations, whose historic sites sit amongst world-ranked Black Sea coastlines and snow-capped World Cup ski..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
Two graduates of the Bulgarian School "Saints Cyril and Methodius" in Jordan presented their achievements at an event at their school "Hadi al Muhammadi"..
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