Lors d’une modeste cérémonie à l’Opéra Royal de Londres l’ambassadeur de Bulgarie dans la capitale britannique Konstantin Dimitrov a remis une médaille d’or au ministère de la Culture de la Bulgarie. L’heureux élu était le directeur même de l’Opéra...
Londra’da Bulgaristan Büyükelçisi Konstantin Dimitrov Kraliyet Operasının müdürüne Kültür Bakanlığımızın altın madalyasını verdi. Madalya büyük Bulgar bas Boris Hristov’un /1914 -1993/ adını taşıyor. Bu mütevazı törende Büyükelçi Dimitrov, ‘Covent..
At a modest ceremony hosted by the Royal Opera House in London, the Bulgarian Ambassador to UK Konstantin Dimitrov conferred a jubilee gold medal on behalf of the Ministry of Culture. It was received by the Opera’s director...
Axiomatically, tobacco is addictive and blamed for causing some cancers, so smoking is banned indoors on public premises, which happens to be a major blow to a heavily smoking nation. On its brighter side, Nicotiana tabacum is..
In the 1950s while communism was still a toddler and childishly cruel in this country, Bulgarian prose fiction suddenly grew up to veritable adulthood. Following the brilliant start of the novel with Ivan Vazov’s Under the Yoke..
The other day my son, 12, had some problems with a poem he had to learn by heart. I interrupted his efforts, and read to him a completely different piece, Faith by Nikola Vaptsarov. “Hey”, he said, “I like this poet, and you know why,..
Yordan Yovkov, Bulgaria’s most loved short-story writer, lived a life void of any glamour. He was born in the lovely Eastern Balkan Range village of Zheravna; fought in three wars like most male Bulgarians of age at that time; lived in the region..
Everybody likes a good story: be it a drama or a comedy. Elin Pelin (1877-1949) was a great expert of storytelling, with the rare gift to capture an event, create authentic characters and atmosphere and carry out narration itself in an intensely..
In this episode of Intense Literature we touch upon the great talents and tragic early deaths of three outstanding Bulgarian poets, Dimcho Debelyanov, Hristo Smirnenski and Geo Milev. Their destinies confirm in a most saddening way a powerful trend..
Once a prosperous medieval monarchy, Bulgaria was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 14 century. It fell into the scope of a powerful Muslim empire and was torn away from Europe and its values for longer than 500 years. However, the Bulgarian..
The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
The Ministry of Transport and Communications supports the idea of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski– the most undisputed figure in Bulgarian..
Alexandra Feigin won the title at the international figure skating tournament "Bosphorus Cup" in Istanbul. The Bulgarian took the lead in the short..
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