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author: Gergana Mancheva

Ambassador Manuel Korcek

Ambassador Manuel Korcek: Bulgaria and Slovakia are not unfamiliar partners

2020 marks the 100 th anniversary since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. Regrettably, the coronavirus pandemic has caused the celebration of such memorable events to be cancelled. In..

17.11.20 14:26 |

Why free speech still remains an unfulfilled dream for Bulgarian democracy

In Bulgaria, the date of November 10, 1989 is perceived as the beginning of the transition from Socialism to democracy. Three decades of slow readjustment of Bulgarian society followed. However, the initial joy and hope for a better life..

10.11.20 17:15 |

Foreign students on Bulgaria and academic life here

Even in the year in which thousands of tourist reservations from abroad have been cancelled due to the danger of spreading the coronavirus, Bulgaria still remains an attractive destination for young people who come here to gain knowledge in..

04.11.20 13:05 |

Bulgarian secondary school students are in the world natural sciences elite

“It is only natural for China and India to win gold medals at physics and astrophysics Olympiads, after all 20% of the world’s population lives there, but it is supernatural for small Bulgaria to be right there, next to them...

31.10.20 09:35 |

Bulgarian in Italy creates tales for compatriot children around the world

Bulgarians are adaptive people; they can live and work anywhere in the world. But this does not prevent them from feeling nostalgia for the "lost" homeland and they are always looking for Bulgarian things, whether it is about..

31.10.20 09:05 |

A Bulgarian woman in London tells her story

A growing number of Bulgarians have been leaving Bulgaria to live in other countries – temporarily or for good. Seventeen years ago this was a choice made by poetess Tatyana Daskalova from Rousse. She travelled to Great..

13.10.20 10:53 |

In-person or online – the start of the academic year at universities in Bulgaria

A different academic year is starting at universities in Bulgaria. For the first time applicants applied to universities remotely, and once they were able to tackle the challenges of working in a 100% remote environment, university..

01.10.20 13:53 |

Education abroad remains key to success for thousands of Bulgarians

The coronavirus restrictive measures kept millions of tourists around the world firmly at home, but have not deterred young Bulgarians from traveling abroad to gain a university education. During the new academic year their number is..

30.09.20 05:45 |

"To return to your native house" – a Bulgarian woman in the Czech Republic

Bulgarian Nadia Surelova-Novotna, with the artistic pseudonym Nadia Surel, has been living in the Czech Republic for 20 years. She graduated from the Arts High School in Sofia, and has been working in interior design in a small town..

26.09.20 06:15 |

School year in Bulgaria starts with physical attendance with option for distance learning

Traditionally in Bulgaria, students return to school on September 15 th . Following the announcement of the Covid-19 pandemic in March and the subsequent distance learning measures, this will be the first contact of children and youngsters with their..

15.09.20 14:40 |