Bulgarians across the country are welcoming the New Year with various initiatives. More than 20 members of the club of karate and yoga coach Emil Zlatev in Varna traditionally swam in the sea on January 1. They say that they never get sick and feel full of energy all year round. The temperature of the sea water today is 9-10°C and the air temperature is around 11°, BNR correspondent Daniela Stoynova reported.
In Veliko Tarnovo, many people joined a 15-kilometer hike today - from the Tsarevets Fortress to the Tarnovo Heights, BNR correspondent Zdravka Maslyankova reported.
Traditionally, on January 1, hundreds of residents of Razlog gather in the central square for the traditional folklore games. Kukeri, babugeri and stanchinari with bells and music instruments come out to chase away evil.
In Sofia, the Zoo works without a day off and even today welcomes visitors. Among its new inhabitants are a group of black-and-white colobuses with a baby, which arrived from Hungary, as well as a pygmy hippopotamus from Croatia. Among the newborns in the zoo are two zebras, one of which has left for Greece, the baby hooded capuchin Bruna and others.
Bulgarian scientists in Antarctica traditionally celebrate the New Year several times, depending on the presence of foreigners in the base, the head of the Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition, Prof. Dr Christo Pimpirev, told BNR Burgas. One of the..
Bulgarians' assessments of the past year in personal terms differ sharply from their views on the situation in the country and the world , according to a nationally representative survey conducted by polling agency Alpha Research between December 1 and..
For the fifth consecutive year, the Sketches of Sofia initiative have delighted Sofia's residents with gifts placed at the city's statues . Every year, photographer Ivan Shishiev and his wife buy books for Sofia residents, wrap them up and place them at..
"Every day, we should think about peace and the messages that politicians send,” journalist Tsvetana Paskaleva, who has been living in..
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