The city of Plovdiv has welcomed the New Year as the first Bulgarian European Capital of Culture. Twenty years after hosting the Month of Culture in 1999, the city celebrates this year the most prestigious cultural initiative of the EU. The official..
The street lighting in Kapana quarter of Plovdiv will begin to flicker every time a baby is born in the city. The design for this unique effect is by Alberto Garutti from Italy and is part of the programme “Plovdiv, European capital of culture, 2019”...
When it comes to a number of key benchmarks Bulgaria ranks among Sub-Saharan African countries and it has been getting increasingly difficult for it to fit into the "European landscape", President Rumen Radev said today at a meeting with students in..
Denis Dimitrov (Bulgaria) qualified 6 th in the 500 metres juniors single kayak at the 2018 ICF canoe sprint Junior and U23 world championships in Plovdiv. The finals were won by Benedek Tibor Kos (Hungary), followed by Rasmus Brandstrup..
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..
