The mayor of Blagoevgrad Ilko Stoyanov issued a statement regarding the planned opening of a North Macedonia culture club in the town, in which he points out that the municipality has neither banned, nor has it allowed the holding of this private..
“The opening of a North Macedonia culture club in Bulgaria’s Blagoevgrad on 30 October should not breed tension,” said the town’s municipal council chairman Radoslav Taskov, adding that he hoped the authorities in North Macedonia would not allow the..
The President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski stated that he had no intention of discussing, with Bulgaria and with his counterpart Rumen Radev, questions connected with history and the past. Talking to Telma TV he said that he would talk..
A procession and a solemn ritual with the participation of President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Kiril Petkov was held in Bulgaria's Blagoevgrad on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Gotse Delchev's birth. "Today, 150 years after the..
A new factory for the manufacture of orthoses (medical devices protecting and supporting the locomotor system during injuries) was unveiled in the town of Blagoevgrad, Western Bulgaria. The German investment is estimated at more than EUR 10 million..
The m assive fire which broke out in the emblematic Dome buidling in the central part of Blagoevgrad (Southwestern Bulgaria) has been brought under control. The fire destroyed part of the building in the morning hours of September 5. No people were..
Ilko Stoyanov from ITN party has won the mayoral run-off in Bulgaria's Blagoevgrad with 55.4% of the vote. He received 10,406 votes. Rumen Tomov, the current mayor, supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, collected 40.93% or 7,632 votes. Turnout was..
The mayoral election ended in Blagoevgrad at 8.15 PM on Sunday with a record-low voter turnout of 27.76%. According to preliminary data, Ilko Stoyanov from ITN (There Is Such a People) and Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) supported Rumen..
A 47-year-old man from the town of Blagoevgrad, southwestern Bulgaria, has died a week after being vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19. It is unclear at this time whether he also had a coronavirus infection. An inspection of the..
Many Bulgarian cities have preserved intact the spirit of the National Revival Period. Blagoevgrad is one of them. It is enough to take a walk in its old quarter in order to feel like travelling at least 150 years back in time. The Varosha..
