Steven Proctor comes from Newbourne - a small town in the southern part of Great Britain. By profession he is a mechanical engineer, and by residence he is now a resident of the Rhodope Mountains and, more precisely, a resident of the Rhodope..
In Blagovo village, 6 kms from the regional town of Montana in Northwestern Bulgaria, you will hear people talking about all sorts of things – that there is no pedestrian crossing and street lighting, that they have to go to town to see a doctor, or..
Besides with the beauty of its landscapes, Reselets, a village surrounded by beautiful canyons and sheer cliffs, is also famed for a special kind of onions grown in the region of the village and nowhere else. In this part of Bulgaria’s Northwest,..
After major renovation and restoration, the first grade school in the authentic village of Shiroka Luka in the Rhodopes has now reopened. The school, built in 1888, is now opening doors as a Museum of the Spirit, displaying artifacts, documents..
The village of Podkova is located in the Eastern Rhodopes, just 15 kilometers away from the border with Greece. It is located away from the main road that leads to the "Makaza" border checkpoint, so casual travelers rarely stop here, but those..
Today, July 9, the Community Center “Niva 1898” in the village of Balvan, Veliko Tarnovo district, hosts the traditional Banitsa Festival named “Banitsa on Weekdays and Holidays”. Undoubtedly, banitsa is the most popular Bulgarian pastry meal. Have..
The village of Komarevo is located in the northeastern part of the country, just 10 kilometers to the south of the town of Provadia, on the right bank of Glavnitsa river. Though it may seem nondescript, Komarevo actually has a history going..
A partial state of emergency has been declared in the village of Kosti, in Strandzha Mountain, near the border with Turkey. Much of the village is flooded after torrential rains and the overflow of the Veleka River. 40 houses are affected, some of..
The residents of Bulgaria's village of Kamenovo near the town of Nova Zagora are planning to send an invitation for a visit to the newly elected US President Joe Biden after his official inauguration in office . The locals are planning to welcome Joe..
For some, the gates of Eden are about a forty minute drive from Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. There, the village of Dolni Passarel hides between Plana and Lozenska mountains. The village square sports an ancient poplar and its vicinity- wild fields..
