As of today, April 25, the operation of the international train travelling between Sofia and Halkali (Istanbul) will be resumed. The railway line restarts operation after the management of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) and the Turkish railways..
A new round of talks between Russia and Ukraine starts 10:30 a.m. in Istanbul. The forum is expected to last two days. The most ambitious goal of the Ukrainian team is to reach ceasefire agreement. We do not trade in people,..
125,500 Ukrainian citizens have entered Bulgaria since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. 58,000 of them have remained in the country, 2,500 more than yesterday. Temporary protection has been granted to 16,220 people, and those accommodated..
Bulgarian health Minister Asena Serbezova is in Istanbul to participate in a High-level meeting on Health and Migration in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region , the ministry's press office said. The two-days forum in Turkey today..
For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic, Bulgarians in Istanbul gathered for a Christmas Mass at the Bulgarian St. Stephen's Church. The service was led by Metropolitan Cyprian of Stara Zagora, who is also..
The Sunday school “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” in Istanbul has opened its classrooms after a pandemic year spent in solitude at home in front of the computer screen. And while the school bell decorated with a Bulgarian national flag heralded the..
The Montreux Convention will not apply to the Istanbul Canal The Montreux Convention regarding the Straits will not apply to the future Istanbul Canal, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Istanbul Canal has nothing to do..
The director of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Nayden Todorov, will lead the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert which can be watched online on the orchestra's website , starting at 7 pm on November 19, BTA reports. The soloist is..
For a month now, a clergyman from the Ecumenical Patriarchate has been taking care of the Bulgarian municipality in Istanbul . After a long service, the former priest returned to Bulgaria and another clergyman was appointed in his place by the..
The Chora Church* in Istanbul, world-famous for its unique frescoes, will probably follow the fate of the emblematic Hagia Sophia in the Turkish capital. The news of its conversion into a mosque, following a decree of Turkish President Recep..
