“In the pantheon of Bulgarian freedom there are many names, but in the national memory Levski is incomparable. Few are loved as strongly and unconditionally as Levski. Perhaps because the Bulgarian people needed its Apostle of Freedom not only..
Academician Julian Revalski, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is proposing that the international airport in Sofia be named Vasil Levsli. Academician Revalski has sent a letter to caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev suggesting that the..
The 150th death anniversary of Vasil Levski was marked at the Bulgarian Embassy in Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Members of the Bulgarian community in Japan and friends of Bulgaria attended the event. Japanese students studying..
Bulgaria’s Vice President Iliana Iotova met with members of the Bulgarian community in North Macedonia at the Bulgarian Embsassy in Skopje. Vice President Iotova expressed gratitude for their courage to uphold their awarneness, traditions, language..
"How many people in our history can be called apostles? Today Bulgaria is a conflict-torn country where people are divided on every conceivable issue. Now, more than ever, we need unity, and there is no better unity than that around..
In a number of Bulgarian cities, such as Karlovo, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo and others , the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski has begun. This evening there will be a commemorative ceremony in..
150 years after the hanging of Vasil Levski, a commemorative plaque made by sculptor Ivan Sirakov from Veliko Tarnovo will be solemnly unveiled in the center of Sofia. It is expected to put an end to the unknowns regarding the eternal..
In the 1860s Bulgarians were feeling that the old order within the Ottoman Empire was irretrievably gone and the time for big changes was coming. Newspapers spread the news of revolts and wars across the Balkans and Europe. The intensification..
It is 150 years since the day on which Vasil Levski, known as the Apostle of Freedom, was hanged in the outskirts of Sofia, a spot that is now in the centre of Bulgaria’s capital city, but the memory of him has lived on. As he himself wrote in a..
June 2 is the day on which we Bulgarians pay tribute to the heroes who died for the freedom of our country. Like every year, today at 12 o'clock sharp the sound of sirens announces the moment when the whole country pauses in a minute of silence..
