Bulgarian climber Ivan Tomov scaled the fourth highest peak in the world – Lhotse (8516 m.) at 9.40 local time with Russian climber Nastya Runova, and without additional oxygen or help from Sherpas. At the end of September 2017 Tomov climbed..
Atanas Skatov who climbed the sixth highest peak on the planet Cho Oyu ( 8201 m) without supplemental oxygen has received the Golden Bulgaria badge for Best Athlete of May In 2017, following a solo climbing of the highest peak in North..
Today, around 06.00 hours local time, alpinist Atanas Skatov climbed for the second time on Mount Everest from the southern edge. His first climbing was on May 24, 2014, reaching the peak from the Northern side of the Himalayas (Tibet). No..
Welcome to Radio Bulgaria’s daily webcast Heartbeat Bulgaria! The stories this Monday: · The Bulgarian Orthodox Church jumps into the environmental issue by growing organic tomatoes of the highest quality ·..
Atanas Skatov has returned for a couple of weeks to Bulgaria. He comes from the Himalayas where in the course of 78 days he took part in 3 expeditions to the peaks of Annapurna, Dhaulagiri and Makalu, all over 8,000 m high, managing to climb up..
Bulgarian climber Boyan Petrov is halfway to reaching his goal to climb all 14 eight-thousanders on Earth after he conquered Mount Makalu (8481 m), the 5th highest peak in the world. Petrov climbed the peak together with Bulgarian climber Atanas Skatov, it..
The stories this Tuesday: . A new beginning in Strasbourg today and its Bulgarian projects. . Also, a festival of Bulgaria’s iconic yoghurt took place last week in the town of Tran – more about the goals of..
Often one dreams of reaching their goals and climbing the highest peaks but obstacles break their wings before they manage to use them. 36-year-old Atanas Skatov is not one of these people. He dared crush the barriers we place in front of us and..
Atanas Skatov has become the 13 th Bulgarian to conquer the highest mountain peak on this planet – Everest /8,848 m/. The physician from the town of Sliven is the first one, who has reached the spot with no oxygen and no food of animal origin...
On March 30, 2004, the first issue of a Bulgarian newspaper in Great Britain, "BG Ben", was published. The beginning was modest – eight pages in A4 format..
An avalanche has fallen in Pirin Mountain close to Bansko ski resort and has buried people . The Mountain Rescue Service has reported that one of the..
It's Ignazhden! On St Ignatius' Day, 20 December, we honour the memory of St Ignatius the Theophorus. In the Bulgarian calendar St Ignatius' Day..
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