The Sixteenth World Meeting of the Bulgarian Media mottoed “Media and the Truth” has begun. The forum is organized by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA). Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev and this country’s caretaker..
The organizers of the 16 th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media have chosen an unusual time and place for it. Instead of in the spring, this year it is taking place from the 16 th to the 19 th of October, on the eve of the day of St. Ivan of..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks today the Dormition of St. John of Rila (Ivan Rilski), patron saint of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian People. St. John of Rila was born around 876 in the village of Skrino located at the foot of the Osogovo Mountain...
On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the first broadcasts of the Bulgarian National Radio abroad , their successor – Radio Bulgaria has launched a quiz with questions about Bulgarian culture and history. In the second issue..
On occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day) held on April 18, Radio Bulgaria presents Bulgaria’s seven cultural sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List: The ancient town of Nessebar is located..
The monks in Bulgaria's biggest monastery, the Rila Holy Monastery, hope that many believers and tourists will visit the holy place and attend the church services for the Nativity of Christ . The police have already set up an organization to guard..
He was probably the most faithful friend the Bulgarian people ever had, British newspaper The Times once described its longtime Balkan Peninsula correspondent, James Bourchier. He lived in Bulgaria for quarter of a century and became one of..
Although many of us prefer to spend more time home these days for fear of the epidemic, others do not forget to seek God where their prayers are best heard. Bulgaria’s biggest monastery, the Rila Monastery , remains a preferred place..
This is the most beautiful church in the area of Sapareva Banya – this is what everyone who ever crossed the threshold of the Assumption of Virgin Mary church, nestled on a small slope near the village of Saparevo (some 60 kilometers south..
A twenty nine-year-old female tourist died near the Rila Monastery after a huge beech tree fell on her tent, the fire department in the town of Rila told the Bulgarian National Radio. Another person was wounded. Tourists called 112 before 10 pm..
