A charity bazaar is being held today in Bourgas to help raise funds to build a monument to Vasil Levski. "There will be handmade decorations, Christmas cards, paintings and souvenirs provided by several local schools and artists from all over..
GERB leader Boyko Borissov called the current government “a compromise in the highest degree for the sake of important goals”. Netherlands finally greenlights Bulgaria’s entry into Schengen At the national winter academy for women, GERB,..
Today’s sitting of parliament could not take place for lack of quorum, after the MPs from the ruling majority did not come to the plenary hall of the National Assembly. Kiril Petkov, co-chair of We Continue the Change explained that they were not..
There is a chilling quote that is attributed to Jean Cocteau: History is made up of truths which eventually turn into lies, while mythology is made up of lies that eventually become truths. Words that fit the tensions surrounding the dismantling of the..
Dismantling of the Monument to the Soviet Army will cost 130,000 euros, Sofia regional governor Vyara Todeva has told BNT . Just its security costs 35,000 euros a year. On December 12, the hand holding a Soviet 'Shpagin' sub-machine gun was removed from..
The first bust-monument of Ivan Paraskevov, whose idea was used for the creation of the prototype of the Bulgarian national flag, is unveiled today in the city of Yambol. The patriot, who was born somewhere around 1817 in Yambol and then moved to..
On July 17, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev will unveil a monument to Vasil Levski in the town of Troyan (Central North Bulgaria). Rumen Radev is to receive the honorary formation of the National Guard at 19,00 pm at Vazrazhdane Square...
The Sofia municipal council has definitively voted for removing the Monument to the Soviet Army from the centre of Sofia, and for a call for proposals for the space vacated. Municipal councilors from Sofia education and culture committee vote..
“Politicians should not pit people against one another, they should look for solutions together,” caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev said in Kyustendil in a comment on the controversy surrounding the removal of the Soviet army monument in Sofia...
The municipal councilors from the Sofia education and culture committee voted in favour of moving the Monument to the Soviet Army, BGNES news agency reports. With 8 votes “in favour”, zero “against” and one abstained the councilors gave..