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Bulgaria, Romania 'Worst for Families' in Europe

Families in Bulgaria and Romania are the most pressured of all 27 European Union member states, making the two countries the worst places in Europe to raise children, a new survey has shown.

Society | May 24, 2011, Tuesday // 11:17 | Viewed: 3552

Bulgarian Delegation Honors Saints Cyril, Methodius in Rome

The Day of Bulgarian Letters, Education and Culture, May 24, will be marked in Rome too, a day after a Bulgarian delegation was granted an audience by the pope.

Society » Culture | May 24, 2011, Tuesday // 10:37 | Viewed: 2997

Hymn of St. Cyril and St. Methodius

Translated into English by Evgeniya Pancheva, Professor of English Literature at Sofia University "St. Kliment of Ohrid"

Society » Culture | May 24, 2011, Tuesday // 07:28 | Viewed: 4485

Bulgaria Celebrates National Day of Culture and Slavic Script

Bulgarians from around the country and the world are paying tribute Tuesday, May 24, to the deed of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, the creators of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Society » Culture | May 24, 2011, Tuesday // 07:23 | Viewed: 4057

Google with Starting Page in Cyrillic for Bulgarian, Slavic Culture Day

The starting page of the Google search engine in Bulgaria, www.google.bg, was launched in Bulgarian Cyrillic letters for May 24, Day of Slavic Script and Bulgarian Culture.

Society | May 24, 2011, Tuesday // 04:55 | Viewed: 16153

Bulgarian Delegation Awaiting Pope Audience

An official Bulgarian delegation headed by Parliamentary Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva is heading for Rome, where they will have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI on May 23.

Society » Culture | May 22, 2011, Sunday // 12:02 | Viewed: 2401

Sofia Zoo Launches Virtual Online Tours

Sofia Zoo, the largest in Bulgaria and the Balkans, can now be viewed online "from the inside".

Society | May 21, 2011, Saturday // 20:02 | Viewed: 3887

Bulgarians Flock to Lay Flowers at Assaulted Sofia Mosque

A number of Bulgarian citizens have come to the Banya Bashi mosque in downtown Sofia to lay flowers as a gesture of apology, ashamed of Friday's incident in which the nationalist party Ataka assaulted praying Muslims.

Society | May 21, 2011, Saturday // 18:23 | Viewed: 4008

Bulgarians Favor Cinema over Museums - Survey

The average Bulgarian hardly ever visits museums and libraries, favoring the cinema and the theater, according to data from statistical surveys conducted by the National Statistical Institute, NSI.

Society » Culture | May 21, 2011, Saturday // 15:15 | Viewed: 2895

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors St. St. Konstantin and Elena

Bulgarian Christian Orthodox mark Saturday the feast day of St. St. Konstantin and Elena (Constantine and Helena).

Society » Culture | May 21, 2011, Saturday // 10:11 | Viewed: 10811

PR Guru, Actress to Attend Cannes Festival as Bulgarian Ambassadors

Bulgarian PR expert Maxim Behar and actress Teodora Duhovnikova have been selected by the whiskey brand Chivas Regal to be included in the program of Cannes Film Festival.

Society » Culture | May 20, 2011, Friday // 21:01 | Viewed: 4065

Bulgarians Ashamed of 'Nationalists', Set to Apologize to Assaulted Muslims

Hundreds of Bulgarians have rallied on Facebook, ashamed of Friday's incident in which nationalists from the Ataka party assaulting praying Muslims in the Banya Bashi mosques.

Society | May 20, 2011, Friday // 20:37 | Viewed: 2838

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Alarms It's Doomed

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) is doomed to be shut down, its members alarmed Friday.

Society | May 20, 2011, Friday // 14:41 | Viewed: 1857

Bulgarian Nationalists Assault Muslims in Front of Mosque

Supporters of the Bulgarian far right Ataka (Attack) party started a brawl in downtown Sofia, assaulting Muslims during their Friday prayer.

Society | May 20, 2011, Friday // 13:58 | Viewed: 7036

Quake Kills 4 in Western Tukrey, Tremors Felt in Bulgaria

An earthquake struck Western Turkey Thursday night, taking the lives of four and injuring over 80 people.

Society » Environment | May 20, 2011, Friday // 09:23 | Viewed: 2985

Sofia Aims at World Record on Bike to Work Day

A bicycle march will take place in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia Friday to mark the international Bike to Work Day.

Society | May 20, 2011, Friday // 08:41 | Viewed: 3283

Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk: Bulgaria, Turkey Very Much Alike

Bulgaria and Turkey have much in common according to Turkish Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, who is on a visit to Sofia.

Society » Culture | May 19, 2011, Thursday // 17:29 | Viewed: 4345

Varna Awards Posthumously 19th Century Bulgarian Freedom Fighter

One of the most revered 19th century Bulgarian revolutionary, Petko Kiryakov, also known as Kapitan (Captain) Petko Voyvoda (1844-1900), has been made posthumously an honorary citizen of the Black Sea city of Varna.

Society | May 19, 2011, Thursday // 16:40 | Viewed: 3451

Bulgaria Awards Nobel Prize Winner Orhan Pamuk

Renown Turkish novelist and Nobel Prize-laureate Orhan Pamuk received the Golden Age Award, the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture's highest prize, on Wednesday.

Society » Culture | May 18, 2011, Wednesday // 17:58 | Viewed: 6706

Deutsche Welle Silences Bulgarian Program from July

Starting July 1, Deutsche Welle closes programs in Bulgarian, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish and Romanian, the media corporation said in a statement.

Society | May 18, 2011, Wednesday // 17:08 | Viewed: 3585

Bulgarian Govt Inflates University Admission Numbers

Bulgaria's government has decided to swell the number of university students to be admitted in the fall of 2011 by 5 309.

Society » Education | May 18, 2011, Wednesday // 15:05 | Viewed: 3562
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