Piece by piece, the puzzle of Bulgarian history is being put together. New and unexpected discoveries fill in the missing places, adding more and more details to the events and portraits of the most prominent sons and daughters of Bulgaria. There..
"We were under Ottoman rule but now people are different, they are not to blame for the history and it is nice to help them," a teenage girl tells her friend. It becomes clear that the conversation taking place a few meters away from..
The Apostle of Freedom, Vasil Levski, is the most indisputable and inspiring person for Bulgarians. The 150 th anniversary of his tragic death is an occasion to pay tribute to this bright Bulgarian icon by visiting some of the most..
"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..
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..
Levski, The Apostle, Deacon Ignatius... These are just some of the names by which people know Vasil Ivanov Kunchev (18 July 1837 – 18 February 1873), the national hero of Bulgaria, who has become a symbol of struggle for freedom and..
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