“And again, as always, I couldn’t just sit around at home, so I started on a new adventure. My heart longs to be on the road, to see new places! I am now getting ready to go to Spain, to follow the El Camino or Camino de Santiago trail,” wrote in..
Authoritarian administration, low salaries, bad organization of work – these are just some of the grievances a significant number of workers in Bulgaria have. The most pressing of these problems are being brought to the negotiating table with..
Fighting drug addiction is a priority in Bulgarian society and was recently central to a discussion including government officials, experts and opinion leaders. Some new ideas have emerged during discussions. One of them is that drug tests..
A big festival is organized in June every year in Elin Pelin offering an insight into the way of life, folklore, cooking and humour of the Shoppe region (the area around Sofia). Dozens of amateur performers come for the event from the villages..
The house of Vasil Levski, Bulgaria’s national hero and organizer of the anti-Ottoman movement in the 19th c. has always been one of the most visited memorial museums in this country. The building itself is modest and its style is typical for..
“2 June is a sad day for Bulgaria because on this day, 140 years ago we lost one of the greatest Bulgarians ever born in our lands. Yet in the sadness there is joy, born of his heroism, of his courage, of his fortitude and his love of..
„Painting is magic. Once you get into it you forget about time and reality”, contends artist Lidia Kireva who is known for using the unconventional technique of finger painting. Lidia lives in the village of Tsalapitsa near the City of Plovdiv..
It is 160 years since the first chitalishte appeared in Bulgaria. ( chitalishte is a kind of community culture club, specific to Bulgaria). Even in our day these community culture clubs are an institution in their own right, especially in..
“There is no festival grander than the Rose Festival,” goes the motto of the magnificent, colourful and exuberant festival taking place in Kazanluk every year – the Rose Festival, a tradition that goes back 100 years. The rose picking..
Blazing colours, sparkling eyes and lots of smiles - this and much more is there to be seen in the hundreds of drawings sent by children from all over the country for the “Granny’s recipes” competition. The competition is organized for the..
Magomed Ramazanov, né au Dagestan, a triomphé en lutte libre aux JO de Paris, apportant une troisième médaille d'or à la Bulgarie. Le lutteur de 31 ans a..
L'ensemble bulgare de gymnastique rythmique/GR/ a dû se contenter de la 4e place lors de la finale aux JO de Paris. C'est la Chine qui s'est hissée sur la..
L'école bulgare à Genève "Stamen Grigoroff" marque cette année son 40e anniversaire en organisant un concours sur "l'Histoire du yaourt"...L'idée est..
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