State policy for Bulgarian villages needed urgently: Vice President Iliana Iotova

"The state must act to help Bulgarian villages not only to survive but develop too, so that young people remain here”, Bulgarian Vice President Iliana Iotova has said while on a visit to the village Professor Ishirkovo, Silistra region, northeastern …

Nikolay Boev: My life has been inseparably linked with artistic gymnastics

Meet Nikolay Boev who is young, open-minded and ambitious. He is 29 and has already gained nearly 15 years of experience as a coach and judge in a sport, in which men are rarely seen - rhythmic gymnastics. A meeting changed his whole life. At the age of …

90 percent of Bulgarians perceive mountain products as healthier, cleaner

More than 60 percent of Bulgarians firmly support a possible introduction of the term “mountain product” as a label of quality. 27 percent believe it will have positive consequences, and just 3 percent oppose such a measure, a nationwide poll held by AFIS …

Upcoming seventh edition of International Folklore Festival “Atliman Necklace"

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Organizing concerts and music festivals during the summer months is a tradition especially in resort towns. That is how tourists …

Bulgaria Calls For Tough Response to Soccer Violence

Scholars map heroic places, persons in Bulgaria

The map Vestiges of Heroic Time which marks 100 sites for commemoration found in the entire territory of Bulgaria was presented at the Regional Museum of History in Ruse. The map is part of a two-year project Vestiges of Heroic Time implemented by …

Cellist Alexander Somov: the audience and the concert experience are my biggest award

Alexander Somov is a wonderful Bulgarian instrumentalist and skilled lecturer who placed among the most popular young Bulgarian musicians. We won’t be wrong if we say that Alexander is among the most-favorite “radio children”, because he made his first …

The Gabrovo country market and the initiative Forgotten Traditions and Living Tastes

The Gabrovo country market is not a shiny pompous market with shops and offices situated in the center of a Bulgarian village. It is rather a bazaar-exhibition, which has already gained huge popularity. The idea of the Gabrovo country market belongs to …

South Black Sea Coast tourist region created

Mayors of 12 municipalities from the region of Burgas have united for the sake of creating a tourist cluster aimed to boost the development of tourism in the region. Work on creating South Black Sea Coast Region began in 2016 in response to the idea of …

Bulgaria calls for tough response to football violence

The Bulgarian government has called for tough measures to crack down on violent football fans after a policewoman was injured in an explosion at the Sofia derby on Wednesday. Some 40 Levski Sofia fans were detained after a policewoman sustained an eye …