On June 19th, in Bulgaria Hall in Sofia a concert of Gundecha Brothers will take place. Gundecha Brothers are prominent representatives of dhrupad – the oldest genre in Hindustani classical music, which has been preserved in its original form..
Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Rumen Porozhanov, has called on his Chinese counterpart, Han Changfu, to speed up procedures for exporting agricultural goods to China. Minister Porozhanov pointed out that procedures for export..
One year in prison is the verdict for Ahmed Musa Ahmed, accused of preaching antidemocratic ideology - radical Islam, along with another 12 imams. This was announced by the Plovdiv Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision of the Pazardzhik..
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook Plovdiv and Assenovgrad in Southern Bulgaria during the night. The tremor was felt by people living on the upper floors in Sofia as well. The National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and..
Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Economic and Demographic Policy, Valeriy Simeonov, together with Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests, Lozana Vassileva, have opened in the city of Plovdiv the biggest agribusiness platform in..
Representatives of all ethnic groups in Bulgaria’s second biggest city Plovdiv got together to have what has come to be known as “tolerance coffee” in Dzhumaya mosque, as a demonstration of mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence. The..
In 2017 a total of 57 175 babies were born in Bulgaria. This way Bulgaria has marked a record-low birth rate for the whole period after 1945. In the period January 2017 to January 2018, babies born in this country were nearly 8,000 less than in 2016...
Short city breaks to Sofia, Plovdiv and Veliko Turnovo are up by 25 percent over the past year, the Association of Bulgarian Tour O perators and Travel Agents, (ABTTA) says. In the past 2-3 years Sofia has been growing increasingly popular..
The 23rd "Golden Rhyton" Documentary and Animation Film Festival starts in Plovdiv this evening with Oscar-nominated film "Blind Vaysha" by Theodor Ushev and the premiere of a documentary about Bulgarian actor Stefan Danailov. The festival continues..
The Municipality of Plovdiv plans to buy back the Roman Forum of Philippopolis at a price almost four times higher than the one it got when it sold it in 2003. The local government has voted to pay 4.3 million leva (2.15 million euro) for the..
